Bug 142000

Summary: Need alternative to KeyID language pack for non-English languages
Product: LibreOffice Reporter: Eyal Rozenberg <eyalroz1>
Component: LocalizationAssignee: Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status: UNCONFIRMED ---    
Severity: enhancement CC: 79045_79045, sophi, xiscofauli
Priority: medium    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   
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Description Eyal Rozenberg 2021-04-30 15:31:26 UTC
The KeyID language pack shows you, for each piece of text, the English version and the KeyID. That's fine if you want to translate a _whole_ component, or menu or what-not that's not been translated before. But if you want to pick up on missing or mis-translated items, what you need to be able to do is map from your language to KeyID - and that pack does not let you do it.

What would work?

1. Ability to start two instances of LO at same time with different-language UIs. That way you could start an English+KeyID instance in parallel to your local-language instance and look up the item by navigating to the same place.

2. A KeyID variant of each language pack. So, now we have English+KeyID; we could have Castellano+KeyID, German+KeyID etc.

3. An extension (or built-in feature in dev builds?) which lets you lookup the KeyID of UI items you're interacting with, or hovering over etc. Perhaps when you press some key combination, or make a certain gesture etc.
Comment 1 Nelson Darling 2021-07-27 10:04:03 UTC Comment hidden (spam)
Comment 2 Lacota Greer 2021-07-29 15:01:30 UTC Comment hidden (spam)
Comment 3 diepiosm 2021-12-13 01:56:01 UTC Comment hidden (spam)
Comment 4 thomas masrden 2022-01-20 12:35:22 UTC Comment hidden (spam)
Comment 5 sophie 2023-05-12 12:42:43 UTC
Hi Eyal, installing multiple instances of LO is already possible, see:
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Installing_in_parallel. Would that solve your issue?