Add English and translated aliases for Emojis

Falco · April 2, 2026, 9:16pm

This has been implemented in the following pull requests:

github.com/discourse/discourse-emojis

FEATURE: Add locale-specific emoji search aliases from Telegram (#12)

main ← feature/telegram-locale-search-aliases

approved 09:43PM - 02 Apr 26 UTC

xfalcox

+282400 -1

## Summary - Adds a Rake task (`emojis:telegram:import`) that imports emoji keyw…ord aliases from Telegram's translation platform ([translations.telegram.org](https://translations.telegram.org/en/emoji)) for 40 locales - These are **search-only aliases** — they enhance emoji picker search without creating file symlinks - Locales with fewer than 25 emoji aliases are automatically skipped - Adds `locale_search_aliases` path to `DiscourseEmojis.paths` so Discourse can load per-locale files - Bumps version to 1.0.45 ## Context https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-english-and-translated-aliases-for-emojis/86641 ## Usage ``` rake emojis:telegram:import[en] rake emojis:telegram:import[en,pt-br,fr] rake emojis:telegram:import[all] rake emojis:telegram:locales ``` ## Test plan - [ ] Verify `DiscourseEmojis.paths[:locale_search_aliases]` points to the correct directory - [ ] Verify locale JSON files have correct format (emoji_name → [keyword1, keyword2, ...]) - [ ] Test Discourse-side integration: searching "champagne" finds `bottle_with_popping_cork` via English aliases - [ ] Test Discourse-side integration: searching "joinha" finds `+1` via pt-br aliases when locale is pt-br 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code)

github.com/discourse/discourse

FEATURE: Locale-specific emoji search aliases (#39089)

main ← feature/locale-emoji-search-aliases

drafted 09:09PM - 02 Apr 26 UTC

xfalcox

+43 -11

## Summary - Merges locale-specific emoji search aliases into `/emojis/search-al…iases.json` based on the user's `I18n.locale`, enabling emoji search in the user's language (e.g. "joinha" finds :+1: in pt_BR) - Removes unused `search_aliases` attribute from `/emojis.json` — it was serialized but never consumed by the frontend (saves ~160KB per request) - Requires discourse/discourse-emojis#12 to be merged and a gem release for locale data to be available ## Context https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-english-and-translated-aliases-for-emojis/86641 ## Test plan - [ ] With discourse-emojis gem updated, verify searching "champagne" in emoji picker finds `bottle_with_popping_cork` (English locale aliases) - [ ] Switch UI to pt_BR, verify searching "joinha" finds :+1: - [ ] Verify `/emojis.json` no longer includes `search_aliases` per emoji - [ ] Verify existing emoji search still works as before 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code)

In the process, a bug was resolved that reduced the emojis.json payload by 160KB

This introduces comprehensive localized search aliases.

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