LobeHub Internationalization Guide

• Default language: English (en-US)
• Framework: react-i18next
• Only edit files in packages/locales/src/default/ - Never hand-write translations in locales/ JSON (except en-US/zh-CN previews); generated locales change only through lobe-i18n, plus the key deletions described in Changing an existing key's English text
• Leave generated locales to the daily auto-i18n.yml workflow by default; run bun run i18n manually only when they are needed immediately

Key Naming Convention

Flat keys with dot notation (not nested objects):

// ✅ Correct
export default {
  'alert.cloud.action': '立即体验',
  'sync.actions.sync': '立即同步',
  'sync.status.ready': '已连接',
};

// ❌ Avoid nested objects
export default {
  alert: { cloud: { action: '...' } },
};

Patterns: {feature}.{context}.{action|status}

Parameters: Use {{variableName}} syntax

'alert.cloud.desc': '我们提供 {{credit}} 额度积分',

Avoid key conflicts:

// ❌ Conflict
'clientDB.solve': '自助解决',
'clientDB.solve.backup.title': '数据备份',

// ✅ Solution
'clientDB.solve.action': '自助解决',
'clientDB.solve.backup.title': '数据备份',

Workflow

1. Add keys to packages/locales/src/default/{namespace}.ts
2. Export new namespace in packages/locales/src/default/index.ts
3. For dev preview: manually translate locales/zh-CN/{namespace}.json and locales/en-US/{namespace}.json
4. Leave all other locales to .github/workflows/auto-i18n.yml, which runs daily and opens an automated translation PR
5. Run bun run i18n manually only when the branch needs those translations immediately; it is slow and requires OPENAI_API_KEY

Changing an existing key's English text