Continuous Localization Without a TMS

# .github/workflows/translate.yml
name: Translate
on:
  push:
    branches: [main]
    paths: ['locales/en/**']

jobs:
  translate:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: Translate changed strings
        run: |
          npx i18n-agent translate locales/en.json \
            --to de,ja,es,fr,ko,zh-Hans \
            --api-key ${{ secrets.I18N_AGENT_API_KEY }}

      - name: Commit translations
        run: |
          git config user.name "github-actions"
          git config user.email "[email protected]"
          git add locales/
          git diff --cached --quiet || git commit -m "chore: update translations"
          git push

# .gitlab-ci.yml
translate:
  stage: deploy
  only:
    changes:
      - locales/en/**
  script:
    - npx i18n-agent translate locales/en.json
        --to de,ja,es,fr --api-key $I18N_AGENT_API_KEY
    - git add locales/ && git commit -m "chore: translations" && git push

#!/bin/bash
# check-translations.sh — Run in CI to catch missing translations

SOURCE="locales/en.json"
LANGS=("de" "ja" "es" "fr")
EXIT_CODE=0

# Extract all keys from source
SOURCE_KEYS=$(jq -r '[paths(scalars)] | map(join(".")) | .[]' "$SOURCE" | sort)
SOURCE_COUNT=$(echo "$SOURCE_KEYS" | wc -l)

for lang in "${LANGS[@]}"; do
  TARGET="locales/$lang.json"
  if [ ! -f "$TARGET" ]; then
    echo "❌ Missing: $TARGET"
    EXIT_CODE=1
    continue
  fi

  TARGET_KEYS=$(jq -r '[paths(scalars)] | map(join(".")) | .[]' "$TARGET" | sort)
  MISSING=$(comm -23 <(echo "$SOURCE_KEYS") <(echo "$TARGET_KEYS"))

  if [ -n "$MISSING" ]; then
    COUNT=$(echo "$MISSING" | wc -l)
    echo "❌ $lang: $COUNT missing keys"
    echo "$MISSING" | head -5
    EXIT_CODE=1
  else
    echo "✅ $lang: all $SOURCE_COUNT keys present"
  fi
done

exit $EXIT_CODE

#!/bin/bash
# check-placeholders.sh — Validate placeholder consistency

SOURCE="locales/en.json"
LANGS=("de" "ja" "es")

for lang in "${LANGS[@]}"; do
  TARGET="locales/$lang.json"

  # Compare placeholders like {{name}}, {count}, %s, %d
  jq -r 'paths(scalars) as $p | [($p | join(".")), (getpath($p))]
    | @tsv' "$SOURCE" | while IFS=$'\t' read -r key value; do
    SOURCE_PH=$(echo "$value" | grep -oE '\{\{[^}]+\}\}|%[sd@]' | sort)
    TARGET_VAL=$(jq -r "getpath($(echo $key | jq -R 'split(".")'))" "$TARGET")
    TARGET_PH=$(echo "$TARGET_VAL" | grep -oE '\{\{[^}]+\}\}|%[sd@]' | sort)

    if [ "$SOURCE_PH" != "$TARGET_PH" ]; then
      echo "❌ $lang/$key: placeholder mismatch"
      echo "   Source: $SOURCE_PH"
      echo "   Target: $TARGET_PH"
    fi
  done
done