Crowdin automatically syncs the `gitlab.pot` file with the Crowdin service, presenting
CrowdIn automatically syncs the `gitlab.pot` file with the CrowdIn service, presenting
newly added externalized strings to the community of translators.
[GitLab Crowdin Bot](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-crowdin-bot) also creates merge requests
[GitLab CrowdIn Bot](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-crowdin-bot) also creates merge requests
to take newly approved translation submissions and merge them into the `locale/<language>/gitlab.po`
files. Check the [merge requests created by `gitlab-crowdin-bot`](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests?scope=all&utf8=%E2%9C%93&state=opened&author_username=gitlab-crowdin-bot)
to see new and merged merge requests.
## Validation
By default Crowdin commits translations with `[skip ci]` in the commit
By default CrowdIn commits translations with `[skip ci]` in the commit
message. This is done to avoid a bunch of pipelines being run. Before
merging translations, make sure to trigger a pipeline to validate
translations, we have static analysis validating things Crowdin
translations, we have static analysis validating things CrowdIn
doesn't do. Create a new pipeline at `https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/pipelines/new`
(need Developer access permissions) for the `master-i18n` branch.
If there are validation errors, the easiest solution is to disapprove
the offending string in Crowdin, leaving a comment with what is
the offending string in CrowdIn, leaving a comment with what is