Re: Limited translation options

[Benoît Minisini <benoit.minisini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

You are right that 'MyLanguage' and 'Language' should be 'in sync',
i.e., in other words, that the 'Language' class should be used instead
of the 'MyLanguage' class.

I don't remember why I initially created that 'MyLanguage' class in the IDE.

Le 15/10/2026 à 00:09, gbWilly a écrit :
> > Ok, now that I have seen all players involved I noticed that in the
> > Language.class there are several languages from India that are not
> > in the MyLanguage.module for some reason, Hindi is in there twice

This is a bad copy / paste I think.

> > Other things I noticed is that for Arabic the Egyptian version is
> > used, where Arabic originates from the Arabic peninsula. so Saudi
> > Arabia seems the more proper choice. It's like taking Canadian
> > French as the 'common' one instead of French from France, where
> > French originates from.

Maybe someone whose Arabic is first language will tell you. I'm not 
sure, but I think that the Arabic spoken in Egypt is regarded as the 
most common one, i.e. the middle between all different arabic variants.

> > And with languages with multiple options why not follow what you do
> > in English and Spanish and call one the 'common' one. This 'common'
> > one will always be applied if any of other translation variants of
> > that language is missing.

Logically you are right.

> > If you are okay with it I will have a look at it all, make sure that
> > Language.class and MyLanguage.module are in sync and add a 'common'
> > for languages with multiple translation options for different
> > regions/countries where the place the languages originates from
> > becomes the 'common'.

I suggest that you work first only on the 'Language' class in 'gb.util'. 
And once everything works as expected, we will replace 'MyLanguage' by 
'Language' in the IDE.

> > The Country codes in Language.Class needed for the flags, where can
> > I find those, as they are not always the same as the locale country
> > code?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_3166_country_codes

I use the third column of the previous table.

> >
>
> To demonstrate what I exactly mean (an image often says more than
> words can explain): In the added image left the MyLanguage.module and
> right the Language.class.
>
> In both ar was set to Arabic (Egypt) -> I changed that to be Arabic
> (common) I added Arabic (Egypt) to both In the Language.class Arabic
> (Tunisia) was present, but not in MyLanguage.module. -> I added
> Arabic (Tunesia) to MyLanguage module I added Arabic (Saudi Arabia)
> to both I set $cCode["ar"] to point to the Saudi Arabian version
> Arabic in Language.class I set $cCountry{"ar"] to point to Saudi
> Arabian flag

Same remark as above. I'm not sure that the Arabic of Saudi Arabia is 
the most representative arabic.

> This shows very clearly with what I mean. And I'm willing to get all
> that is there in sync between the two, apply the common to all
> languages that have multiple variants and if needed add a language to
> achieve that goal.
>
> I don't mind being your AI to find trouble in code and restore it, it
> will only make me smarter and not big tech ;-)
>
> I won't go into the effort if above is not desired, so let me know
> what you think.
>
> gbWilly
>
> ...there is always a Catch if things go wrong!

Besides my comments, you are welcome to fix and clean-up that 'Language' 
class!

Regards,

--
Benoît Minisini.