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feat: add German (de) locale - #672

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Translates all 979 keys across the seven namespaces and registers de everywhere a locale list is read: SUPPORTED_LOCALES, the main process mini-i18n (menus, tray, native dialogs), the appx language list, and the static dialogs map in the tutorial-help test.

The folder is the bare tag de, so the renderer's base-language matching in I18nContext routes de-DE, de-AT and de-CH to it.

German-specific choices worth knowing when reviewing:

  • "Du-Form" (non-formal form) throughout; buttons and menu commands use the infinitive, section headings are nouns.
  • No article before a placeholder whose gender is unknown at translation time — "{{format}} ist fertig", "Attribute von {{region}} kopiert", "Bereits belegt von „{{action}}“" — because format, region and action are substituted at runtime.
  • The dialogs.tutorial.* fragments are re-cut rather than translated slot-for-slot: German puts the participle last, so "abgedeckt" moves ahead of the clause-final verb while the surrounding fragments keep the exact leading/trailing spaces the JSX relies on.
  • effects.fitClipFew is unreachable for German (Intl.PluralRules has only one/other) but is filled in for key parity.
  • Typographic quotes „…“ everywhere, so no value carries a straight quote; brand and format tokens stay verbatim.

README and AGENTS.md list Czech too — it was added but never listed.

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Type of change

  • Bug fix
  • Feature
  • Enhancement
  • Documentation
  • Refactor / maintenance
  • Performance
  • Security

Release impact

  • Patch
  • Minor
  • Major / breaking change
  • No release note needed

Desktop impact

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux
  • Installer / packaging
  • Not platform-specific

Screenshots / video

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Testing

  • ran npm run i18n:check → all 14 locales match en across 7 namespaces
  • ran NO_ELECTRON=1 npm run dev and accessed the application in the browser. Checked various panels, pages, settings and popups for correct translation. Also checked other translations to see, if they still get displayed in their language.
  • ran npm run dev and repeated the steps of the last steps. Checked various texts, panels and descriptions.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added German as a supported application language.
    • Added German translations across menus, settings, editor tools, dialogs, shortcuts, timeline controls, and recording features.
    • Added German support to the Microsoft Store language configuration.
  • Documentation

    • Updated supported-language documentation to include Czech and German.
    • Updated setup documentation to reflect 15 supported locale folders.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for German cursor controls and tutorial help translations.

Translates all 979 keys across the seven namespaces and registers `de`
everywhere a locale list is read: SUPPORTED_LOCALES, the main process
mini-i18n (menus, tray, native dialogs), the appx language list, and the
static dialogs map in the tutorial-help test.

The folder is the bare tag `de`, so the renderer's base-language matching
in I18nContext routes de-DE, de-AT and de-CH to it.

German-specific choices worth knowing when reviewing:

- Du-Form throughout; buttons and menu commands use the infinitive,
  section headings are nouns.
- No article before a placeholder whose gender is unknown at translation
  time — "{{format}} ist fertig", "Attribute von {{region}} kopiert",
  "Bereits belegt von „{{action}}“" — because format, region and action
  are substituted at runtime.
- The dialogs.tutorial.* fragments are re-cut rather than translated
  slot-for-slot: German puts the participle last, so "abgedeckt" moves
  ahead of the clause-final verb while the surrounding fragments keep
  the exact leading/trailing spaces the JSX relies on.
- effects.fitClipFew is unreachable for German (Intl.PluralRules has only
  one/other) but is filled in for key parity.
- Typographic quotes „…“ everywhere, so no value carries a straight
  quote; brand and format tokens stay verbatim.

README and AGENTS.md list Czech too — it was added but never listed.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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German locale support adds translation resources for the application UI. It registers de in application configuration and Electron integration, updates packaging metadata, adds locale coverage tests, and updates locale documentation.

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German locale support

Layer / File(s) Summary
German translation resources
src/i18n/locales/de/*
Adds German translations for common actions, dialogs, editor screens, launch UI, settings, shortcuts, and timeline messages.
Locale registration and packaging
src/i18n/config.ts, electron/i18n.ts, electron-builder.json5
Adds de to supported locales, Electron message wiring, locale validation, and Microsoft Store language metadata.
German locale validation
src/components/ai-edition/RightPanes.i18n.test.tsx, src/i18n/__tests__/tutorialHelpTranslations.test.ts
Adds German cursor-pane assertions and includes German dialog translations in tutorial help coverage.
Locale documentation updates
AGENTS.md, README.md
Updates the locale count and lists Czech and German among supported languages.

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In `@src/i18n/locales/de/editor.json`:
- Line 68: Update emptyState.dropErrors.unsupportedFormatMessage to reference
the existing emptyState.importVideoButton label “Video importieren” instead of
“Videodatei importieren…”, preserving the rest of the German translation.

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  • AGENTS.md
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  • electron/i18n.ts
  • src/components/ai-edition/RightPanes.i18n.test.tsx
  • src/i18n/__tests__/tutorialHelpTranslations.test.ts
  • src/i18n/config.ts
  • src/i18n/locales/de/common.json
  • src/i18n/locales/de/dialogs.json
  • src/i18n/locales/de/editor.json
  • src/i18n/locales/de/launch.json
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  • src/i18n/locales/de/shortcuts.json
  • src/i18n/locales/de/timeline.json

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EtienneLescot merged commit 1ba7afa into getopenscreen:main Sep 17, 2026
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