placeholders

Error · The translation does not keep the placeholders of the source.

git8n check fails on this rule.

Why it matters

The application fills each placeholder with a value. A translation that loses one hides the value, and a translation that adds one shows the raw placeholder.

Invalid

locales/en/common.json

{
  "greeting": "Hello {{name}}"
}

locales/fr/common.json

{
  "greeting": "Bonjour"
}

$ git8n check --source en
locales/fr/common.json
  error    common:greeting: lost {{name}}.  placeholders

Read more:
  placeholders  https://git8n.sakuga.dev/docs/reference/rules/placeholders.html

1 error, 0 warnings in 2 files (en → fr, 1 key).

Valid

locales/en/common.json

{
  "greeting": "Hello {{name}}"
}

locales/fr/common.json

{
  "greeting": "Bonjour {{name}}"
}

$ git8n check --source en
0 errors, 0 warnings in 2 files (en → fr, 1 key).

What to do

Keep every placeholder of the source in the translation: {{name}}, {name}, {0}, $t(…), a tag such as <0> or <br/>, %s, and with --syntax vue-i18n a linked message @:key. The branches of an ICU plural are text: translate them. The modifier of a linked message, @.lower:key, can change.

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