@deriv-com/translations

This is a localization library that uses i18next, react-i18next, and a custom OTA SDK for translations.

In this document

• Overview
• Requirements
• Setup
• Usage
  • initializeI18n
  • <Localize />
  • localize
  • useTranslations Hook
• Syncing translations to CDN
  • Example usage of the action in the workflow file
• Contributing

Overview

Requirements

The stored translation directory must have the following structure: {{ BASE_URL }}/translations/{lang}.json

base_url is the cdnUrl passed to the initializeI18n function, and lang is the language code. Refer to the example

Getting Started

To get started, one would need few things to setup first which are:

1. A Crowdin project which will be used to manage translations for your project.
2. A Cloudflare R2 account to store the translations.
   • Create a new bucket in the R2 account.
   • Create a new access key in the R2 account.
3. Add the following secrets to your repository:
   • CROWDIN_PROJECT_ID: Open your crowdin project and navigate to Tools tab, you will be able to get the Project ID, store that in your github secrets.
   • CROWDIN_PERSONAL_TOKEN: This can be obtained by logging in to your crowdin account and clicking on your profile icon and goto Settings > API and create a new personal access token, store that in your github secrets.
   • R2_ACCOUNT_ID: R2 account ID from the Cloudflare R2 dashboard.
   • R2_ACCESS_KEY_ID: R2 access key ID from the Cloudflare R2 dashboard.
   • R2_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: R2 secret access key from the Cloudflare R2 dashboard.
   • R2_BUCKET_NAME: R2 bucket name from the Cloudflare R2 dashboard.
4. Add the following environment variable in your repository:
   • PROJECT_NAME: Add project name in your environment variable which will be used for Cloudflare R2 folder name for translations.
   • CROWDIN_BRANCH_NAME: Add the branch name for your crowdin project to separate the translations based on environment, this needs to be put into the environment variable instead of secret because the consumer of the package needs it while defining the cdnUrl to access the translations.
5. Setup the github action to sync the translations to the CDN, refer to the Syncing translations section for more details.

Install the package by running:

npm install @deriv-com/translations

Setup

• initialize translations in main component by importing and calling initializeI18n outside of the component function.
• pass the return value to the TranslationProvider component from @deriv-com/translations.
• pass default language to the TranslationProvider component.

    import { initializeI18n, TranslationProvider } from '@deriv-com/translations';
    ...
    const i18nInstance = initializeI18n({ cdnUrl: 'https://cdn.example.com' })

    const App = () => {
        ...
        return (
            <TranslationProvider defaultLang={'EN'} i18nInstance={i18nInstance}>
                <App />
            </TranslationProvider>
        )
    }

Usage

initializeI18n

The initializeI18n function initializes the i18next instance with the OTA SDK, react-i18next, and a language detector. It takes an object with a cdnUrl property, which is the URL of the CDN where the translations are stored.

import initializeI18n from "@deriv-com/translations";

initializeI18n({ cdnUrl: "https://cdn.example.com" });

• For strings use either localize(...) or <Localize />.

Localize component example:

import { Localize } from "@deriv-com/translations";

<Localize
  i18n_default_text="You cannot use your real money account with {{website_name}} at this time."
  values={{ website_name }}
/>;

localize example:

Note that the localize function is deprecated and should be replaced with the useTranslations hook or the Localize component. the example of the localize function is provided for backward compatibility.

import { localize } from "@deriv-com/translations";

<h4 className="drawer__notifications-header">
  {localize("all notifications")}
</h4>;

useTranslations Hook

The useTranslations hook is a custom hook that adds some more returned values on top of the useTranslation hook from react-i18next. It can be used to translate strings in your components, toggle the language of the app and see the current language etc.

Example usage:

import { useTranslations } from "@deriv-com/translations";

const MyComponent = () => {
  const { localize, switchLanguage, currentLang } = useTranslations();

  const handleLanguageChange = () => {
    switchLanguage(currentLang === "EN" ? "DE" : "EN");
  };

  return <p onClick={handleLanguageChange}>{localize("Change language")}</p>;
};

Syncing translations

There is a github action that syncs the translations from Crowdin to the CDN.

The action takes following inputs:

• PROJECT_SOURCE_DIRECTORY: Source directory of your project by default it is src.
• CROWDIN_BASE_PATH: Base path of the translations in the Crowdin project by default it is ..
• CROWDIN_BASE_URL: Base URL of the CDN where the translations are stored, default is https://api.crowdin.com.
• CROWDIN_BRANCH_NAME: Running on production, test or staging etc.
• CROWDIN_PROJECT_ID: Crowdin project ID which can be found in the crowdin project settings.
• CROWDIN_PERSONAL_TOKEN: Crowdin personal token which can be found in the crowdin account settings.
• R2_ACCOUNT_ID: R2 account ID from the Cloudflare R2 dashboard.
• R2_ACCESS_KEY_ID: R2 access key ID from the Cloudflare R2 dashboard.
• R2_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: R2 secret access key from the Cloudflare R2 dashboard.
• R2_BUCKET_NAME: R2 bucket name from the Cloudflare R2 dashboard.

Refer to the action file here.

Example usage of the action in the workflow file:

Copy and paste the following workflow code in your repository in this path.github/workflows/sync_translations.yml.

name: Sync translations

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - 'main'
  schedule:
    - cron: '0 */12 * * *'

jobs:
  sync_translations:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Sync translations
        uses: deriv-com/translations/.github/actions/extract_and_sync_translations@main
        with:
          PROJECT_NAME: ${{ env.PROJECT_NAME }}
          CROWDIN_BRANCH_NAME: ${{ env.CROWDIN_BRANCH_NAME }}
          CROWDIN_BASE_URL: ${{ env.CROWDIN_BASE_URL }}
          CROWDIN_BASE_PATH: ${{ env.CROWDIN_BASE_PATH }}
          CROWDIN_PROJECT_ID: ${{ secrets.CROWDIN_PROJECT_ID }}
          CROWDIN_PERSONAL_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CROWDIN_PERSONAL_TOKEN }}
          R2_ACCOUNT_ID: ${{ secrets.R2_ACCOUNT_ID }}
          R2_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.R2_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
          R2_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.R2_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
          R2_BUCKET_NAME: ${{ secrets.R2_BUCKET_NAME }}

Contributing

Contributions are welcome. Please open a pull request with your changes.