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Comment by JodieBenitez | Hacker News Reader

Hello,

I appreciate the product idea, well done, and nice UI.

Small gripe about the website: no translation is better than bad translation. Even more so given your target (developers). I actually had to switch language to english to really understand the website, even though It's not my main language. Some translated descriptions make no sense at all.

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Oh, is that why the page doesn’t have any text for me, just images, blank buttons, and an occasional “undefined”? I suspect it’s trying to translate it on the fly and failing?

EDIT: Clicking the semitransparent blue rounded square next the word “undefined” reveals a choice of languages. I have to choose one to actually see any text.

Thank you very much for your feedback. It should be that i18n does not support certain languages well. I will troubleshoot this issue as soon as possible.

Fun fact: sometimes Amarkdown is translated as 'Amazon down', at least in the Spanish translation.

Oh My God... It's interesting. Thank you for your support. You're right, I just write English, other language use auto translate when build.

I18N is tricky! Especially when you’re trying to implement languages you don’t know yourself and can’t sanity check your work so easily. Good luck!

Hey hey! Would be happy to translate at least the home page and give it a little polish free of charge (I do GTM consulting for developer tools, I do a lot of these homepage refreshes before launches and whatnot).

Hit me up at writing@granot.dev :)

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