[Req]: Translate language menu

[dlford]

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Explain the proposed feature

The language menu currently only lists all languages by their short code. It would be better to list them as the name of the language in that particular language for better comprehension.

Current language list:

Explain the possible use cases for the feature

This would enable folks who don't speak english and/or don't know what the language codes mean to easily find the language they speak

Any other details you would like to provide?

Deliverables:

• Add a translation namespace for the language menu
• Display all languages in english using the translation namespace

Optional:

• Add translations for each language that you can other than english

[burhanharoon]

Hey @dlford, can you assign me to work on that feature? I'm excited to get started with the development. Thanks a bunch!

[dlford]

@burhanharoon all yours!

[burhanharoon]

@dlford Just to clarify, do we want languages listed in their locales like this

• When language Amharic 'am' is selected the language dropdown displays this:

  {
  "en": "እንግሊዝኛ",
  "es": "ስፓኒሽ",
  "hi": "ህንዲ",
  "ja": "ጃፓንኛ",
  "pt": "ፖርቹጋልኛ",
  "bn": "በንጋሊ",
  "de": "ጀርመን",
  "sw": "ስዋሂሊ",
  "pl": "ፖሊሽ",
  "am": "አማርኛ",
  "it": "ጣሊያንኛ",
  "vi": "ቪትናምኛ"
  }

  and it goes on for other languages too..

• Or should it be like this in all the cases?

  {
  "en": "English",
  "es": "Español",
  "hi": "हिन्दी",
  "ja": "日本語",
  "pt": "Português",
  "bn": "বাংলা",
  "de": "Deutsch",
  "sw": "Kiswahili",
  "pl": "Polski",
  "am": "አማርኛ",
  "it": "Italiano",
  "vi": "Tiếng Việt"
  }

What do you suggest?

[dlford]

@burhanharoon Great question and thanks for asking, I'm inclined to think each language should be written in its own language (Option two in your examples).

Unless you can see any issues with that?

[dlford]

Also, if you don't mind updating the contributing.md file on how to add a new language with the translation, that'd be great!

[burhanharoon]

Also, if you don't mind updating the contributing.md file on how to add a new language with the translation, that'd be great!

Sure, will do!

[burhanharoon]

I believe it exists in contributing.md under the Basic Example section. It is well-written and according to the project structure. Let me know if you want something else.

[dlford]

I believe it exists in contributing.md under the Basic Example section. It is well-written and according to the project structure. Let me know if you want something else.

@burhanharoon Sorry if I wasn't totally clear on that, would you mind just putting a note about adding the translated language name under Adding a Language?

[burhanharoon]

module.exports = {
  i18n: {
    // ...
    locales: ['en', 'ja', 'pt-BR', 'YOUR_LOCALE_HERE'], // SHOULD I UPDATE THAT?_
  },
  // ...
};

@dlford

[dlford]

@burhanharoon it's ok as is, don't worry about it.