LocalizedGenerator

Simple Python script to quickly generate localized for Android and iOS

Features

• Generate localized Android and iOS string in iOS strings resources format and Android xml resource format

• Support different translators: Google, Microsoft and Mymemory

• Highly customize via config file (generator_config.json)

• Use timeout between each amount of translate batch to avoid timeout from non-official translator (such as Google)

• Insert new generate localized content into your existing localized files in your project

Installation

From version 1.2, this script is based on deep_translator because it's still in maintenance and provide many features

pip install -U deep-translator

Basic usage

Create input file with iOS strings resources format

/* Comment if need */
"<Key>" = "<Content to transalte>";
/* Example */
"ErrorString_1" = "An unknown error occurred.";

In generator_config.json:

Set the "input_file" with the input file path you just create

Define the "input_language" and "output_languages" codes. The code is ISO-639, you can get it in here

Defile the "output_ios_file" path and "output_android_file" path

Run the LocalizedGenerator.py file, assuming the "is_modifying_existing_localized_files_ios" and "is_modifying_existing_localized_files_android" is set to false, it will generate ios output file in ios strings resources format and android output file in xml format in your defined output file paths

Using different translators

Simple set "is_enabled": true in "google_translator_config" or "mymemory_translator" if you want to use it. Remember to set other translator to false, if all translator is set to true, most priority translator will use

Priority order:

• Google

• Microsoft

• Mymemory

For "microsoft_translator_config" you have to get the region and the key which is generated in the Azure console. That require you to setup the Microsoft Azure Cognitive Services

"microsoft_translator_config": {
    "is_enabled": true,
    "region": "southeastasia",
    "keys": [
        "example_key"
    ]
},

Insert new localized content into existing localized files

First, set the"is_modifying_existing_localized_files_ios": true or "is_modifying_existing_localized_files_ios": true in generator_config.json

Specify the localized language and file path for each localized file in "output_modify_files_ios" and "output_modify_files_android", for example your project and ios and android support English(en), Japanese(jp) and Vietnamese(vi) the config json would be:

"output_modify_files_ios": [
    {
        "language": "en",
        "paths": [
            "/Users/macbookpro/Documents/Default/Base.lproj/Localizable.strings",
            "/Users/macbookpro/Documents/Default/en.lproj/Localizable.strings"
        ]
    },
    {
        "language": "ja",
        "paths": ["/Users/macbookpro/Documents/Default/ja-JP.lproj/Localizable.strings"]
    },
    {
        "language": "vi",
        "paths": ["/Users/macbookpro/Documents/Default/vi.lproj/Localizable.strings"]
    }
 ],
"output_modify_files_android": [
    {
        "language": "en",
        "paths": ["/Users/macbookpro/Documents/project-android/src/main/res/values/strings.xml"]
    },
    {
        "language": "ja",
        "paths": ["/Users/macbookpro/Documents/project-android/src/main/res/values-ja/strings.xml"]
    },
    {
        "language": "vi",
        "paths": ["/Users/macbookpro/Documents/project-android/src/main/res/values-vi/strings.xml"]
    }
]

Note: The amount of the localized language and file path on ios or android which you want to insert must be the same as the languages codes which you define in "output_languages"

Setting the timeout between each amount of translate batch

The "partition_size" determine the amount of translate will execute in a workload at the same time, minimum value is 1

The "sleep_time" delay time between workload in seconds to avoid timeout, if set to 0 then it will skip the delay. I recommend always to non 0 value to avoid timeout