# Add English and translated aliases for Emojis
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-english-and-translated-aliases-for-emojis/86641
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** translation, emoji
**Created:** [02.Май.2018 21:15:22 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-english-and-translated-aliases-for-emojis/86641 "2018-05-02T21:15:22Z")
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### Author:  [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [22.Апрель.2026 21:27:43 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-english-and-translated-aliases-for-emojis/86641/28 "2026-04-22T21:27:43Z")
Расширение этого дальше
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> \## Summary
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> Layers Unicode CLDR annotations on top of the Telegram search aliase…s (added in #12). CLDR is authoritative, maintained by the Unicode Consortium, and covers many more locales — including ones Telegram doesn't (bg, bs\_BA, el, en\_GB, et, hy, lt, lv, pt European, sl, sq, sw, te, th, ur, vi).
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> Each source now lives in its own directory, and a new rake task unions them into the final path Discourse consumes:
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> \- \`dist/telegram\_search\_aliases/\.json\` — from \`emojis:telegram:import\`
> \- \`dist/cldr\_search\_aliases/\.json\` — from \`emojis:cldr:import\`
> \- \`dist/locale\_search\_aliases/\.json\` — merged output, produced by \`emojis:search\_aliases:merge\`
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> \## Locale mapping
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> CLDR uses locale inheritance: child files contain only deltas over a base. An explicit table in the rake task maps Discourse locales to an ordered list of CLDR sources to union. The one upstream flagged specifically:
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> \- Discourse \`pt\_BR\` ← CLDR \`\[pt\]\` (pt.xml is Brazilian Portuguese in modern CLDR)
> \- Discourse \`pt\` ← CLDR \`\[pt, pt\_PT\]\` (base plus European overrides)
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> Same pattern handles \`en\_GB\`, \`zh\_TW\` (← \`zh\` + \`zh\_Hant\`), etc.
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> \## Impact
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> 16 brand-new locales gained coverage (previously unsupported); 32 existing locales got enriched with CLDR-only keywords. Across all locales: \*\*41,284 → 87,831 emoji-alias entries\*\*.
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> | locale | before | after | delta |
> |----------|-------:|------:|--------:|
> | ar | 1834 | 1847 | +13 |
> | be | 428 | 1812 | +1384 |
> | \*\*bg\*\* | 0 | 1804 | +1804 |
> | \*\*bs\_BA\*\*| 0 | 1802 | +1802 |
> | ca | 1862 | 1879 | +17 |
> | cs | 1784 | 1877 | +93 |
> | da | 44 | 1803 | +1759 |
> | de | 1750 | 1856 | +106 |
> | \*\*el\*\* | 0 | 1804 | +1804 |
> | en | 1735 | 1837 | +102 |
> | \*\*en\_GB\*\*| 0 | 1804 | +1804 |
> | es | 1867 | 1878 | +11 |
> | \*\*et\*\* | 0 | 1803 | +1803 |
> | fa\_IR | 1719 | 1861 | +142 |
> | fi | 1829 | 1848 | +19 |
> | fr | 1792 | 1843 | +51 |
> | gl | 34 | 1804 | +1770 |
> | he | 1779 | 1859 | +80 |
> | hr | 1823 | 1848 | +25 |
> | hu | 1750 | 1848 | +98 |
> | \*\*hy\*\* | 0 | 1804 | +1804 |
> | id | 1006 | 1822 | +816 |
> | it | 1855 | 1876 | +21 |
> | ja | 651 | 1807 | +1156 |
> | ko | 97 | 1804 | +1707 |
> | \*\*lt\*\* | 0 | 1804 | +1804 |
> | \*\*lv\*\* | 0 | 1804 | +1804 |
> | nb\_NO | 1857 | 1879 | +22 |
> | nl | 1151 | 1834 | +683 |
> | pl\_PL | 1858 | 1877 | +19 |
> | \*\*pt\*\* | 0 | 1804 | +1804 |
> | pt\_BR | 1774 | 1863 | +89 |
> | ro | 73 | 1801 | +1728 |
> | ru | 1869 | 1879 | +10 |
> | sk | 352 | 1813 | +1461 |
> | \*\*sl\*\* | 0 | 1800 | +1800 |
> | \*\*sq\*\* | 0 | 1802 | +1802 |
> | sr | 1844 | 1860 | +16 |
> | sv | 1651 | 1871 | +220 |
> | \*\*sw\*\* | 0 | 1803 | +1803 |
> | \*\*te\*\* | 0 | 1804 | +1804 |
> | \*\*th\*\* | 0 | 1804 | +1804 |
> | tr\_TR | 1333 | 1831 | +498 |
> | uk | 1670 | 1852 | +182 |
> | \*\*ur\*\* | 0 | 1804 | +1804 |
> | \*\*vi\*\* | 0 | 1803 | +1803 |
> | zh\_CN | 105 | 1804 | +1699 |
> | zh\_TW | 108 | 1805 | +1697 |
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> Bold rows are locales that had zero coverage before this PR.
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> \## Workflow
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> \`\`\`
> rake emojis:telegram:import\[all\] # refreshes dist/telegram\_search\_aliases/
> rake emojis:cldr:import\[all\] # refreshes dist/cldr\_search\_aliases/
> rake emojis:search\_aliases:merge # writes dist/locale\_search\_aliases/
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> Existing Telegram data was moved via \`git mv\` so history for the per-locale Telegram files stays intact.
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> \## Test plan
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> \- \[x\] \`bin/lint\` clean on all new/changed rake files
> \- \[x\] Ran \`emojis:cldr:import\[all\]\` end-to-end (48 locales fetched)
> \- \[x\] Ran \`emojis:search\_aliases:merge\` — all 48 locales written
> \- \[x\] Spot-checked \`pt\_BR\`: Telegram keywords preserved, CLDR additions appended, dedupes overlap
> \- \[x\] Spot-checked \`pt\` (European): base \`pt\` keywords plus \`pt\_PT\` overrides (1361 emojis with divergent aliases vs \`pt\_BR\`)
> \- \[\] Verify the Discourse emoji picker search picks up new keywords once this package is bumped
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