Localize for "Local changes have not been synced. Proceed anyway?"

[Fabian_Weller]

This message will Pop Up for example when you leave your actual App via LINKTOAPP() and still have changes to be synced.

[J_jvs]

are there any solution for this message?

[Fabian_Weller]

Adding @nico and @Gil

[Kirk_Masden]

This is one of many messages, headings, etc. that still cannot be localized. I’m voting for this as a general request for expanded localization:

Multilingual Starter App w/ support for 106 Languages Announcements

Hi again! The semester has just ended in Japan and I now have a bit more time to work on my app. I’ve been enjoying customizing my menus but have noticed a few minor issues with linguistic customization: We don’t seem to be able to translate some system messages. [Screen Shot 2020-08-06 at 15.43.28] This is not a big deal but if part of the idea is to avoid displaying messages that some users may find unsettling because they are unable to interpret them with confidence, more complete abili…

Feature: Changing the language in your app (localization) Tips & Tricks 💡

Hi @Peter_Jambrik you are absolutely right. @Kirk_Masden mentioned this also.

Localize options: Questions

localize: photo input options, and drawing photo input options

To localize the error message when the user enter the duplicated value to the key column Feature Requests

On the localize pane, i could not locate the way to change the text to localize for the error message when the entry is duplicated by the user to the key column. "There is already a row with the key xxxxx " Can we change this text ? or need to raise the feature request?

Localize for "Local changes have not been synced. Proceed anyway?" Questions

[image] This message will Pop Up for example when you leave your actual App via LINKTOAPP() and still have changes to be synced.

I understand that @nico has been working on improving localization. Thanks for that, Nico! Has localization for “App Gallery” been considered?

[nico]

Thanks for collecting those links. Yes you’re right – App Gallery localization would be nice. The tricky part is that localization is only supported by-app at the moment (other than text inputs / dates which use the device locale), we’d have to design some way allow localization that isn’t defined in the App definition. It’s harder than other localizations.

Perhaps the simplest way would be to have an option to allow the Device’s language to set the language. There’s been talk about localizing the editor too so it may make sense to add it as part of that effort.

[Kirk_Masden]

Thanks @nico! I appreciate the response.

I think allowing the device’s language to set the app language (that is, that language for terms like “App Gallery” etc) is a reasonable response in the majority of cases but can also be problematic for some creators/users.

For example, my app is designed primarily for Japanese people who are studying English. Because English is the target language, and because working with the target language can be a good way to learn, I’m building my app so that everyone has the option of setting their language to English, even if that’s not the language they use primarily on their app. On the other hand, I would like them to also have the option to set the default language to Japanese (in the app) if they are feeling overwhelmed by all of the English.

Personally, as someone who has a lot of experience with Japanese (a language I began studying in college) I generally prefer to deal directly with the language in which something has been created. So, even though English is my native language, I hate being forced to read an English translation when I would prefer to have access to the original Japanese. This kind of “originalism” is another reason why automatic translation based on the device’s system can be problematic.

One more point is that, since creators can control the language inside the app, if the platform language is chosen automatically based on the device language, there’s the possibility that the user will be presented with a mixture of languages in one app.

I realize that making system messages controllable by app creators presents significant programing challenges. So, I’m happy to work with the platform as it is now for the foreseeable future. I just hope you can keep the kinds of concerns I described above in mind during any meetings where linking device language to app language is discussed.

By the way, I realize that it probably seems like a pretty minor point but I wonder if you have any thoughts about the “App Gallery” vs “App gallery” point. Ordinarily, I would just think of this kind of difference in capitalization as a matter of personal preference but if AppSheet is going with material design standards, I’d like to follow them too and so I’d prefer that everything is consistent:

Capitalization in material design Questions

I understand that AppSheet is in the process of trying to improve its compliance with Google’s “material design” standards. In that regard, I’d like to point out a minor issue and ask if it has been considered. First, here’s the relevant information regarding capitalization: [Screen Shot 2021-01-23 at 18.27.31] [Screen Shot 2021-01-23 at 18.27.41] [Screen Shot 2021-01-23 at 18.27.46] And here’s what I have in my app: [Screen Shot 2021-01-23 at 18.28.24] In the text that I can control …

Thanks for everything! I’m a very “happy camper,” so to speak, but I can’t help asking for more of a good thing now and then.

[Kirk_Masden]

nico:

localizing the editor

In regard to the editor, that’s slightly easier I think: just follow what Google is already doing in environments like Spreadsheet, etc., where the user can choose the default language.

By the way, one thing I encounter a lot here in Japan is English websites that assume, because my IP address is in Japan, that the website should be presented to me in Japanese (often poor quality Japanese). Such sites often don’t even allow me to switch the language back to English. I’m sure that AppSheet would never do anything like that but I just thought I’d point out that my experience with such issues makes me wary of assumptions regarding user language.

[Fabian_Weller · Accepted solution]

This is now available in the Localize Tab. Thank you AppSheet.
@Steve @Kirk_Masden