(#) Incomplete translation !!! ERROR: Incomplete translation This is an error. Id : `MissingTranslation` Summary : Incomplete translation Severity : Error Category : Correctness: Messages Platform : Android Vendor : Android Open Source Project Feedback : https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/new?component=192708 Since : Initial Affects : Binary resource files, resource files and resource folders Editing : This check runs on the fly in the IDE editor Implementation : [Source Code](https://cs.android.com/android-studio/platform/tools/base/+/mirror-goog-studio-main:lint/libs/lint-checks/src/main/java/com/android/tools/lint/checks/TranslationDetector.kt) Tests : [Source Code](https://cs.android.com/android-studio/platform/tools/base/+/mirror-goog-studio-main:lint/libs/lint-tests/src/test/java/com/android/tools/lint/checks/TranslationDetectorTest.kt) Copyright Year : 2018 If an application has more than one locale, then all the strings declared in one language should also be translated in all other languages. If the string should **not** be translated, you can add the attribute `translatable="false"` on the `` element, or you can define all your non-translatable strings in a resource file called `donottranslate.xml`. Or, you can ignore the issue with a `tools:ignore="MissingTranslation"` attribute. You can tell lint (and other tools) which language is the default language in your `res/values/` folder by specifying `tools:locale="languageCode"` for the root `` element in your resource file. (The `tools` prefix refers to the namespace declaration `http://schemas.android.com/tools`.) !!! Tip This lint check has an associated quickfix available in the IDE. (##) Example Here is an example of lint warnings produced by this check: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~text res/values/strings.xml:20:Error: "show_all_apps" is not translated in "nl" (Dutch) [MissingTranslation] <string name="show_all_apps">All</string> -------------------- res/values/strings.xml:23:Error: "menu_wallpaper" is not translated in "nl" (Dutch) [MissingTranslation] <string name="menu_wallpaper">Wallpaper</string> --------------------- res/values/strings.xml:25:Error: "menu_settings" is not translated in "cs" (Czech), "de" (German), "es" (Spanish), "nl" (Dutch) [MissingTranslation] <string name="menu_settings">Settings</string> -------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Here are the relevant source files: `res/values/strings.xml`: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~xml linenumbers <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!-- Copyright (C) 2007 The Android Open Source Project Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License. --> <resources> <!-- Home --> <string name="home_title">Home Sample</string> <string name="show_all_apps">All</string> <!-- Home Menus --> <string name="menu_wallpaper">Wallpaper</string> <string name="menu_search">Search</string> <string name="menu_settings">Settings</string> <string name="sample" translatable="false">Ignore Me</string> <!-- Wallpaper --> <string name="wallpaper_instructions">Tap picture to set portrait wallpaper</string> </resources> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ `res/values-cs/strings.xml`: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~xml linenumbers <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <resources xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:xliff="urn:oasis:names:tc:xliff:document:1.2"> <string name="home_title">"Domů"</string> <string name="show_all_apps">"Vše"</string> <string name="menu_wallpaper">"Tapeta"</string> <string name="menu_search">"Hledat"</string> <!-- no translation found for menu_settings (1769059051084007158) --> <skip /> <string name="wallpaper_instructions">"Klepnutím na obrázek nastavíte tapetu portrétu"</string> </resources> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ `res/values-de-rDE/strings.xml`: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~xml linenumbers <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <resources xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:xliff="urn:oasis:names:tc:xliff:document:1.2"> <string name="home_title">"Startseite"</string> <string name="show_all_apps">"Alle"</string> <string name="menu_wallpaper">"Bildschirmhintergrund"</string> <string name="menu_search">"Suchen"</string> <!-- no translation found for menu_settings (1769059051084007158) --> <skip /> <string name="wallpaper_instructions">"Tippen Sie auf Bild, um Porträt-Bildschirmhintergrund einzustellen"</string> <string name="continue_skip_label">"Weiter"</string> </resources> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ `res/values-es/strings.xml`: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~xml linenumbers <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <resources xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:xliff="urn:oasis:names:tc:xliff:document:1.2"> <string name="home_title">"Casa"</string> <string name="show_all_apps">"Todo"</string> <string name="menu_wallpaper">"Papel tapiz"</string> <string name="menu_search">"Búsqueda"</string> <!-- no translation found for menu_settings (1769059051084007158) --> <skip /> <string name="wallpaper_instructions">"Puntee en la imagen para establecer papel tapiz vertical"</string> <string-array name="security_questions"> <item>"Comida favorita"</item> <item>"Ciudad de nacimiento"</item> <item>"Nombre de tu mejor amigo/a de la infancia"</item> <item>"Nombre de tu colegio"</item> </string-array> </resources> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ `res/values-es-rUS/strings.xml`: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~xml linenumbers <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <resources xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:xliff="urn:oasis:names:tc:xliff:document:1.2"> <string name="menu_search">"Búsqueda"</string> </resources> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ `res/values-land/strings.xml`: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~xml linenumbers <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!-- Copyright (C) 2007 The Android Open Source Project Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License. --> <resources> <!-- Wallpaper --> <string name="wallpaper_instructions">Tap image to set landscape wallpaper</string> </resources> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ `res/values-cs/arrays.xml`: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~xml linenumbers <resources xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:xliff="urn:oasis:names:tc:xliff:document:1.2"> <string-array name="security_questions"> <item>"Oblíbené jídlo?"</item> <item>"Město narození."</item> <item>"Jméno nejlepšího kamaráda z dětství?"</item> <item>"Název střední školy"</item> </string-array> </resources> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ `res/values-es/donottranslate.xml`: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~xml linenumbers <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <resources xmlns:xliff="urn:oasis:names:tc:xliff:document:1.2"> <string name="full_wday_month_day_no_year">EEEE, d MMMM</string> </resources> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ `res/values-nl-rNL/strings.xml`: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~xml linenumbers <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <resources xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:xliff="urn:oasis:names:tc:xliff:document:1.2"> <string name="home_title">"Start"</string> <!-- Commented out in the unit test to generate extra warnings: <string name="show_all_apps">"Alles"</string> <string name="menu_wallpaper">"Achtergrond"</string> --> <string name="menu_search">"Zoeken"</string> <!-- no translation found for menu_settings (1769059051084007158) --> <skip /> <string name="wallpaper_instructions">"Tik op afbeelding om portretachtergrond in te stellen"</string> </resources> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ `res/values/public.xml`: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~xml linenumbers <resources><public /></resources> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ `res/layout/foo.xml`: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~xml linenumbers <LinearLayout/> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ `res/layout-ja/foo.xml`: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~xml linenumbers <LinearLayout/> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You can also visit the [source code](https://cs.android.com/android-studio/platform/tools/base/+/mirror-goog-studio-main:lint/libs/lint-tests/src/test/java/com/android/tools/lint/checks/TranslationDetectorTest.kt) for the unit tests for this check to see additional scenarios. The above example was automatically extracted from the first unit test found for this lint check, `TranslationDetector.testTranslation`. To report a problem with this extracted sample, visit https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/new?component=192708. (##) Suppressing You can suppress false positives using one of the following mechanisms: * Adding the suppression attribute `tools:ignore="MissingTranslation"` on the problematic XML element (or one of its enclosing elements). You may also need to add the following namespace declaration on the root element in the XML file if it's not already there: `xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"`. * Using a special `lint.xml` file in the source tree which turns off the check in that folder and any sub folder. A simple file might look like this: ```xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <lint> <issue id="MissingTranslation" severity="ignore" /> </lint> ``` Instead of `ignore` you can also change the severity here, for example from `error` to `warning`. You can find additional documentation on how to filter issues by path, regular expression and so on [here](https://googlesamples.github.io/android-custom-lint-rules/usage/lintxml.md.html). * In Gradle projects, using the DSL syntax to configure lint. For example, you can use something like ```gradle lintOptions { disable 'MissingTranslation' } ``` In Android projects this should be nested inside an `android { }` block. * For manual invocations of `lint`, using the `--ignore` flag: ``` $ lint --ignore MissingTranslation ...` ``` * Last, but not least, using baselines, as discussed [here](https://googlesamples.github.io/android-custom-lint-rules/usage/baselines.md.html).