Personally I will support this suggestion
@Alfa1 , whether or not it is not a good idea. The translation system is outdated, obsolete, lacking features, etc.
With the same idea leaneth any suggestions from anyone about translations.
I would argue that there really is no "translation system" at all. There is a basic phrasing system, which is good enough if you'd like to edit a phrase or two.
...but for translation of the whole software? Or even add-ons?
It's a nightmare. Many have tried, and many have failed. It's cumbersome and almost impossible to make into a group effort, people from different communities can't come together and do it as a team.
I'd support any effort to add some sort of ability to export/import to/from Crowdin. It would make Xenforo much better suited for non English communities.
Also, many of the language files on here
are outdated. How many are up to date with XF 1.5.x? Maybe 10-15? How many support the media gallery? Maybe a couple? Resource manager? Maybe 1? There's reason for that.
I've made a translation to Swedish, 100%, for XF 1.5.x (the one available here is for 1.4.3, and doesn't support the media gallery). I've also translated a bunch of big add-ons. I can't share any of it though.
Why? Because I didn't see the point in creating a "general translation" for XF+add-ons for others to use as a base, as it would require
tons of extra work with the way things are, not to mention having to maintain the resource here on XF. Simply not practical.
I think that the same applies for a lot of folks out there running communities in other languages. It's a real shame, and from what I've read from the staff here, the interest in fixing it seems next to non-existent
I'm still hoping for XF 2.0 making things at least a tiny bit more practical though