Track external translation changes in weblate

[swurzinger]

Currently, if a developer changes a translation in source code directly this change is directly reflected in WebLate, but there seems to be no possibility to let the translation state change. So for example a reviewed translations will stay in state "reviewed" although it has been changed by a developer (who pushed a change to the file in Git).

The problem is that such translation changes are not visible in webLate; the translation text stays in state reviewed although that text hasn't been reviewed.

Describe the solution you'd like

I good solution would be to let the user define in settings what happens to externally changed translations, what happens with newly added translations strings, etc.
Options would be to e.g. to

• keep state unmodified
• set state to "translated" (needs review)
• set state to "needs edit"

Describe alternatives you've considered

I cannot think of any reasonable workarounds to track external changes. One approach might be to include some special word/token in the translation text itself, which can be searched in weblate. e.g. instead of "translation text" use "translation text [TODO]" and then you can search for all strings containing "[TODO]".

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[tomkolp]

#5431

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