translation file uploads do not clear "needs editing" strings if upload has them emptied

[yilmazdurmaz]

Describe the issue

I am working on Godot translations and I am trying to clear automatic translations as they are mostly wrong (since they are copied from a previous work by devs)

The total is already over 10k, and "needs editing" strings are quite an attention killer for me. So, when an update comes in, I usually clear them all before continuing translating.

Since Weblate does not have such an editing tools (or I could not discover yet?), I download the po file, batch clear fuzzy strings with regex, and upload the file back with these options:

• Add as translation
• Import as translated
• Change translated and approved strings

I might have forgotten how things worked since I had my last batch many months ago, but I remember these option would replace everything on Weblate with my uploaded file.

Yet, today I am having difficulty with those nasty strings. The uploads comes with this message, saying no change applied on them:

Processed 24568 strings from the uploaded files (skipped: 4666, not found: 0, updated: 0).

For the moment, I replaced them all with a single space character, msgstr " ", as it is better to have nothing than having wrong information.

Please, correct this issue. I know this is dangerous action but those 3 options are meant for this (let alone along the uploading itself).

I already tried

• I've read and searched the documentation.
• I've searched for similar filed issues in this repository.

Steps to reproduce the behavior

1- have a project with "needs editing" strings with po style content
2- download po file
3- change translation portions as msgstr ""and remove fuzzy line (makes it untranslated)
4- save and upload with options in the main text above.

Expected behavior

all "needs editing" should be removed and there should be only "untranslated/unfinished" shown

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Exception traceback

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How do you run Weblate?

weblate.org service

Weblate versions

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Weblate deploy checks

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Additional context

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[nijel]

The upload processes only translated strings. What you can do is to use Replace existing translation file instead, that doesn't go to the string level.

[yilmazdurmaz]

What you can do is to use Replace existing translation file instead

There is no "replace" option in the upload page. at least not for us contributor translators.

[nijel]

Yes, you need more permission for that (because it can remove strings as well).