Translate phrases! Hard work!

Robert9

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Hello XenForo Team,

I kindly ask you to try the following:

Create a new language, e.g., Spanish.

Now take ten phrases that you see somewhere and copy them line by line into ChatGPT’s input field, asking it to display them again with the Spanish translation below each one.

Now go back to the admin panel.

Search for a phrase, click, click, enter the Spanish translation...
and do this for all ten phrases.

At this point, you might realize that a very important link is missing!
After saving a translation, there should be a link that says: Search for another phrase.

It could be even better if a checkbox appeared next to the Save button with the text: Search for another phrase?

This way, after saving, you would immediately return to the input form, allowing you to quickly translate a dozen phrases from an add-on.

With the standard method, this requires excessive clicking and a hard time.

Of course, I know that this can also be done automatically with an add-on – I even bought such an add-on. However, I still prefer to do some translations manually because I still master my native language better than the AI.

Please have mercy on all the non-English-speaking users who don’t want to run their forums in English.
 
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Or maybve we can work out a prompt, where we can translate the language and only manually adjust the phrases we feel are wrongly translated?
 
This way, after saving, you would immediately return to the input form, allowing you to quickly translate a dozen phrases from an add-on.
Have you tried exporting the phrases from the add-on as a .xml file, sending it to ChatGPT, and getting back the translated .xml file?
 
Have you tried using the translation system?

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Gives you a paginated list of phrases that meet your specified search criteria (including add-on or certain words) allows the phrases to be edited without reloading the page, allows refining the search from the "Refine search" menu at the top.

Sounds like it would mostly solve your problems.

To use this, you just go to "Search phrases", specify your criteria (unchecking the two "Modified..." checkboxes is recommended) and then click "Translate" instead of "Search".
 
I made a Czech translation way like this, by ChatGPT in batches. It took me whole day. Not perfect, but usable.

Some "easier" option to translate Xenforo would be great.

Or possibility to contribute (on Github?) to create (and fix, etc.) translations and have option to use them directly in Xenforo.
 
Btw Siropu has a very handy addon that translates all specific addon's phrases (or XF itself) at once using OpenAI API.


You just need to fine tune the prompt (as always) to get the desired results. I've translated lots of addons to spanish for my needs
 
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