Invalid Format: Uncaught SyntaxError due to translations

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The discussion revolves around resolving a syntax error caused by translations in a Discourse forum. calebs shared the error message “Invalid Format: Uncaught SyntaxError: Expected ‘=’, ‘}’ or [a-zA-Z$_] but ‘%u043F’ found” and suspected it was related to their manual Bulgarian translation. gerhard provided a link to a solution on Meta Discourse, which involves checking locale files for errors using the command rake i18n:check[bg]. The command revealed several missing and unsupported interpolation keys, as well as an invalid message format in the js.topic.read_more_MF translation. gerhard suggested fixing the translation on Transifex to benefit everyone. Dmitry_Krasnoperov added that a similar error occurs with the Russian translation enabled.

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Hi again! Our forum is finally working smoothly, thanks to the support I’ve received here.

However, i’ve just noticed the following error at the bottom of the pages of the forum:

Invalid Format: Uncaught SyntaxError: Expected “=”, “}” or [a-zA-Z$_] but “%u043F” found. at undefined:1376:10

I guess it’s an issue with my translations, since I’m manually doing it for the entire system.

Could anyone tell me where to fix that? I’m using a 50% finished bulgarian translation and doing the rest on my own, if that’s even the case.

Thanks!

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How to check locale files for errors has all the answers.

$ rake i18n:check[bg]

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config/locales/client.bg.yml
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js.about.contact_info -- Missing interpolation keys: ["contact_info"]
js.about.contact_info -- Unsupported interpolation keys: ["contact_email"]
admin_js.admin.backups.operations.failed -- Missing interpolation keys: ["operation"]
js.topic.read_more_MF -- Invalid message format: Uncaught SyntaxError: Expected "=", "}" or [a-zA-Z$_] but "%u043F" found.

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config/locales/server.bg.yml
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education.new-topic -- Missing interpolation keys: ["base_path"]
dashboard.rails_env_warning -- Missing interpolation keys: ["env"]
user_notifications.posted_by -- Missing interpolation keys: ["username"]

You should take a closer look at the translation for js.topic.read_more_MF and fix it on Transifex, so that everyone profits from your work.

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One more error. Russian translation enabled.

Invalid Format: Uncaught SyntaxError: Expected "=", "}" or [a-zA-Z$_] but "%u0438" found. at undefined:1376:10