Tip: Use ChatGPT to Generate Locale Files for Localisation

Save Your Localisation Effort with ChatGPT

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In today’s information age, software developers are likely to encounter localization at some point. For solopreneurs building their own app, considering localization is almost a must.

Let’s see an example first.

WhenWise Login page (English)

WhenWise Login Page (Simplified Chinese)

Programmers clearly don’t write the login page code twice. A common practice is to use a locale file that stores text keys, with the code referencing these keys. Below is an HTML snippet from the last paragraph of the WhenWise Login page.

    <div class='row'>
      <div class="col m12 s12" style="font-size: 15px; text-align: center;">
        <span class="light"><%= t(:dont_have_an_account) %></span> &nbsp;
        <a href="/sign-up" class="green-text"><%= t(:register) %></a>
      </div>
    </div>

Two locale keys are used: “dont_have_an_account” and “register”. In its English locale file (en-AU.html), in YAML format (a common choice for locale files):

en-AU:
  dont_have_an_account: "Don’t…