History: Translation Priorities

Problem: There are a huge number of translations to do, and current huge unprioritized list is not optimal.

{QUOTE(replyto="Ed" source_url="https://dev.tiki.org/Update-Translation-documentation-to-2022")}language.php - what about divide it to two files - one for frontend, second for backend? This is a easyiest way how to speed up a translate process. For the most times, is frontend more important to translate. {QUOTE}

We usually want to prioritize what is visible to end users and leave the admin panel in English. But there is a blurry line between back-end vs front-end.

((tw:i18n.tiki.org)) helps with translations in context. But in some cases, it's more interesting to go with a list of strings...

[https://gitlab.com/tikiwiki/tiki/-/blob/master/lib/core/Tiki/Command/GetStringsCommand.php|php console.php translation:getstrings] iterates via all the templates.

But how can we prioritize?

!!# Ideas

!!!# 3 permission levels
* End user (Can read and add content, but not manage)
* Content editors (Can manage some content sections)
* Admin

How about using our permission system?

If a translation is only visible to tiki_p_admin, it is for Admin.

If translation is visible to someone with tiki_p_admin* like tiki_p_admin_wiki_blog, etc., we ''may'' want to translate.

All the other strings are potentially visible to site visitors and should be prioritized.

!!!# Preference filters
We have ((Create a new preference|preferences)) filters like basic, advanced, experimental (and we will likely add more)

Basic features should be prioritized, and experimental features should not.

!!!# Current preferences for a specific Tiki instances
Maybe [https://gitlab.com/tikiwiki/tiki/-/blob/master/lib/core/Tiki/Command/GetStringsCommand.php|php console.php translation:getstrings] could be ran locally and exclude strings for deactivated features?



!! In general
* Whatever we decide, our [https://gitlab.com/tikiwiki/tiki/-/blob/master/lib/core/Tiki/Command/TranslationPercentageCommand.php|translation stats should express a % of completeness per type].