Hey all, I want to present to you my current solut...

# compose

[Rok Oblak]

Hey all, I want to present to you my current solution to the whole translations workflow, which I think solves most of the issues I have seen with translations/localizations in the industry - and I am looking for feedback.
It is as simple as:
1. create a Google Sheets spreadsheet with multiple sheets for different groups of translations, and add the language columns and keys and the English translation
2. the content can be edited by non-technical people, and can include formatting like This includes ${arg1}, ${arg2} and ${arg3}.
3. let Gemini translate into other languages
4. in the IDE, run a script which downloads the sheet and generates references such as LangStrings.errors.generic and functions for formatted content, such as LangStrings.messages.someFormattedMsg(arg1: String, arg2: String, arg3: String)
5. composition locals and a few helper functions make it easy to reference the translations in Compose: Text( LangStrings.cta.someMessage())
Code samples in thread.

My goals:
• allow non-devs to modify the translations easily
• have an automatic step to sync the translations with the source of truth (spreadsheets)
• generate references of type StrKey so that a translatable string can be referred to before we know the locale
• generate type-safe formatting functions for translations with arguments (so far it only accepts string args, but it could be extended to typed args)

[Rok Oblak]

Code to pull the sheet and generate the references/functions:

https://gist.github.com/oblakr24/8b8bbb0493e3c6b9c9bbf04e7dbb6f28
https://gist.github.com/oblakr24/b500a227bfb0c4dd7c8ea8825c878d1e

[Rok Oblak]

Spreadsheet example:

[Rok Oblak]

Generated refs:

[Rok Oblak]

Generated functions for strings with arguments:

public fun inviteCompanyFormatted(
      locale: AppLocale,
      USER_EMAIL: String,
      USER_FIRST_AND_LAST_NAME: String,
      COMPANY_NAME: String,
      URL: String,
    ): String = _inviteCompany.resolve(locale).formattedWithNamed(listOf("USER_EMAIL" to USER_EMAIL, "USER_FIRST_AND_LAST_NAME" to USER_FIRST_AND_LAST_NAME, "COMPANY_NAME" to COMPANY_NAME, "URL" to URL))

[Rok Oblak]

Composable helpers:

@Composable
operator fun StrKey.invoke(vararg args: Any): String {
    val locale = LocalLocale.current
    val argsList = args.toList()
    return TranslationUtil.resolve(this, locale).formattedWith(argsList)
}

@Composable
operator fun StrKey.invoke(): String {
    val locale = LocalLocale.current
    return TranslationUtil.resolve(this, locale)
}

[Rok Oblak]

Generated translations:

[Rok Oblak]

Downsides:
• currently the generated strings go in a single large hashmap. It may not be the best solution memory-efficiency-wise.
• there's no IDE-built-in translations editor, so you need to either manually edit these mappings, or edit the spreadsheet and re-generate
• no support (yet) for advanced entries such as plurals, lists etc.

[Thomas Hormes]

Have you taken a look at https://tolgee.io/

[Thomas Hormes]

Should solve most of your issues and allows for ai translations as well as far as I can remember

[Guyaume Tremblay]

Take a look at Accent https://www.accent.reviews/