fix: Hardcoded strings in comment components (BLO-1033)

[matthewlipski]

Summary

This PR adds dictionary entries for any remaining hardcoded strings in comment-related components.

Closes #2530

Rationale

This is an issue for internationalization.

Changes

See above.

Impact

N/A

Testing

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Screenshots/Video

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Checklist

• Code follows the project's coding standards.
• Unit tests covering the new feature have been added.
• All existing tests pass.
• The documentation has been updated to reflect the new feature

Additional Notes

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Added multi-language support for reopening comments and displaying deleted reference messages throughout the app.

• Localization

  • Expanded translations to 24+ languages with new localized text for comment reopen actions and deleted content indicators.
  • Replaced hardcoded UI text with language-specific translations for improved user experience.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

This PR extends internationalization support across 24 language locales by adding two new comment-related UI strings (deleted_reference_text and actions.reopen), and updates three React components to reference these localized strings instead of hardcoded text values.

Changes

Cohort / File(s)	Summary
Locale Translations packages/core/src/i18n/locales/ar.ts, de.ts, en.ts, es.ts, fa.ts, fr.ts, he.ts, hr.ts, is.ts, it.ts, ja.ts, ko.ts, nl.ts, no.ts, pl.ts, pt.ts, ru.ts, sk.ts, uk.ts, uz.ts, vi.ts, zh-tw.ts, zh.ts	Added comments.deleted_reference_text and comments.actions.reopen keys across all supported language locales.
React Components packages/react/src/components/Comments/Comment.tsx, FloatingComposer.tsx, ThreadsSidebar.tsx	Replaced hardcoded UI strings with localized dictionary references: reopen action tooltip, save button text, and deleted reference message.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 1 (Trivial) | ⏱️ ~5 minutes

Possibly related PRs

• fix: Inserting link removes comment & add comment button click buggy #2620: Modifies FloatingComposer.tsx to adjust comment-composer behavior; shares component-level changes with this PR.

Suggested reviewers

• nperez0111

Poem

🐰 Hops through languages with glee,
Words bloom in twenty-four locales free,
Comments reopen worldwide and true,
Translations dance in every hue! ✨

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1

❌ Failed checks (1 inconclusive)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Description check	❓ Inconclusive	The PR description follows the template structure and includes all major sections, but some sections lack meaningful detail and specificity.	Provide more specific details in the 'Changes' section beyond 'See above', and clarify the testing approach—even if automated tests weren't added, explain the manual validation strategy used.

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	Docstring coverage is 100.00% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title accurately describes the main change: removing hardcoded strings from comment components and replacing them with dictionary-driven localized values.

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[nperez0111]

Thanks @matthewlipski