# If a PR needs localization what do we do?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/if-a-pr-needs-localization-what-do-we-do/398585
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [August 19, 2025, 6:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/if-a-pr-needs-localization-what-do-we-do/398585 "2025-08-19T06:29:53Z")
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### Author: ![NateDhaliwal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/natedhaliwal/32/313494_2.png) [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2025, 6:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/if-a-pr-needs-localization-what-do-we-do/398585/1 "2025-08-19T06:29:53Z")

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If we submit a PR that needs localization, do we put empty YAML strings in the `config/locales` files?

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### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2026, 4:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/if-a-pr-needs-localization-what-do-we-do/398585/2 "2026-03-17T04:38:43Z")

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You just handle English, robots handle collating all the community translations and fixing stuff up.

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### Author: ![NateDhaliwal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/natedhaliwal/32/313494_2.png) [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2026, 5:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/if-a-pr-needs-localization-what-do-we-do/398585/3 "2026-03-17T05:50:18Z")

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Ah, thanks!

![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/a/d/7/ad76ac4079d3f589971c9a22b12e7a3f03735df6.png)  
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### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2026, 5:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/if-a-pr-needs-localization-what-do-we-do/398585/4 "2026-03-17T05:59:05Z")

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I am working on de-prioritizing comments on docs…

comments on docs are probably the last ones we triage, dedicated topics are so much better.

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2026, 5:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/if-a-pr-needs-localization-what-do-we-do/398585/5 "2026-04-16T05:59:06Z")

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