Ok Script I18N

OK Script i18n

Overview

Use this skill for gettext translation work in ok-script projects that keep catalogs under i18n/<locale>/LC_MESSAGES/ok.po. It complements $ok-script-tasks: create task behavior with the task skill, then use this skill to keep task UI strings translated and compiled.

Workflow

1. Inspect the target task file and collect user-facing task metadata:
   • self.name
   • self.description
   • keys and string values in self.default_config
   • string values in self.config_description
   • dropdown, multi-selection, list, and button option strings in self.config_type
   • OCR text lists only when they are user-visible or intended to be localized
2. Discover locales by listing i18n/*/LC_MESSAGES/ok.po. Do not hard-code a fixed language list.
3. Check whether each source string already exists in every catalog.
4. Add missing msgid blocks to every locale. Preserve existing msgstr values unless the user asks to revise translations.
5. Translate missing entries into every locale present in the repo.
6. Compile every changed ok.po into ok.mo.
7. Verify catalog syntax and check for duplicate msgid entries.

Helper Script

Use scripts/task_i18n_helper.py when helpful:

.\.venv\Scripts\python.exe .agent\skills\ok-script-i18n\scripts\task_i18n_helper.py scan --task src\task\DailyTask.py
.\.venv\Scripts\python.exe .agent\skills\ok-script-i18n\scripts\task_i18n_helper.py check --i18n i18n
.\.venv\Scripts\python.exe .agent\skills\ok-script-i18n\scripts\task_i18n_helper.py compile --i18n i18n

The scanner is a helper, not a substitute for reading the task. It finds common literal strings but can miss values built through constants, imports, f-strings, comprehensions, or helper functions.

Catalog Rules

• Keep msgid exactly equal to the source string used by the code.
• Append new entries near the end if the catalog is not otherwise sorted.
• Do not add log-only strings unless the user explicitly asks.
• Focus on GUI-visible task metadata, config labels, config options, and help text.
• Empty msgstr is acceptable only when that locale intentionally falls back to the source language.
• Preserve translator comments, flags, previous msgid data, and existing entry order when possible.
• After editing .po, always compile .mo.

Translation Guidance

• Prefer concise UI text over literal word-for-word translation.
• Keep placeholders, punctuation required by code, and hotkey names unchanged.
• Keep config keys stable when they are persisted in JSON. Translate the catalog entry for display, not the Python key, unless the project already stores localized keys.
• For Chinese locales, distinguish Simplified (zh_CN) and Traditional (zh_TW) when both catalogs exist.
• For option lists, translate each option string that appears in the UI.

Integration With Task Work

When adding or modifying an ok-script task:

1. First use $ok-script-tasks to implement the task and identify user-facing strings.
2. Then use $ok-script-i18n to sync gettext catalogs for those strings.
3. Compile catalogs and include changed .po and .mo files in the final change summary.