discourse-locale-override

Simple hack to override official translations files in Discourse and persist them between Docker rebuilds. Can be used by translators, early adopters of young locales or communities with specific slang.

This repository contains only pl_PL locale. See FAQ below if you need to override a different one.

Docker setup

Add to your /var/discourse/containers/app.yml:

hooks:
  after_code:
    - exec:
        cd: /tmp
        cmd:
          - git clone https://github.com/iLek2428/discourse-locale-override.git
          - mv discourse-locale-override/*.yml $home/config/locales/
          - mv discourse-locale-override/plugins/emoji/*.yml $home/plugins/emoji/config/locales/
          - mv discourse-locale-override/plugins/poll/*.yml $home/plugins/poll/config/locales/
          - rm -rf discourse-locale-override

Rebuild Discourse: /var/discourse/launcher rebuild app

FAQ

How can I use this to override locale X?

1. Fork this repository
2. Remove *.pl_PL.yml files (optional)
3. Add *.xx_XX.yml ones
   Warning: xx_XX should be the language code you want to override. Files have to be already present in discourse/config/locales. This is important: adding non-existing locale codes will break your instance.
4. Update repository URL in Docker hook to point to your fork

Where do I get original .yml files from?

There are two places I am aware of:

• Github: https://github.com/discourse/discourse/tree/master/config/locales
• Transifex: https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/discourse-org/

If you care about latest translations use Transifex. Github is updated with Transifex changes about once a week.