translate

name	translate
description	Add a new translatable string to all locale files (English, Italian, Spanish, Catalan, German, Chinese). Use when adding user-visible text to the app.
allowed-tools	Read, Edit

Translate Skill

Add a new string resource to all 6 locale files.

String Resource Files

Locale	File
English	app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
Italian	app/src/main/res/values-it/strings.xml
Spanish	app/src/main/res/values-es/strings.xml
Catalan	app/src/main/res/values-ca/strings.xml
German	app/src/main/res/values-de/strings.xml
Chinese	app/src/main/res/values-zh/strings.xml

Process

1. Ask the user for:

   • The string name (use snake_case, e.g., drive_details_title)
   • The English text
   • Context for translators (optional but recommended)

2. Generate translations for Italian, Spanish, Catalan, German and Chinese (Simplified)

3. Add to all 6 files with an XML comment for context:

   <!-- Context: Shown as the title of the drive details screen -->
   <string name="drive_details_title">Drive Details</string>
   

Guidelines

• Use snake_case for string names (e.g., settings_title, drive_history)
• Add XML comments above strings to provide context for translators
• Technical terms like AC, DC, kW, kWh should NOT be translated
• Format specifiers (%s, %d, %1$s) must be preserved in translations
• Keep translations natural - don't be overly literal
• For Chinese: keep all unit symbols in Latin alphabet (kWh, kW, km/h, °C, bar) per Chinese national standard GB 3100-1993 and Tesla China convention. Do NOT use Chinese character equivalents (千瓦时, 公里, etc.)
• For Chinese: plurals one and other should be identical (Chinese does not inflect for number)

String with Parameters

For strings with parameters, use positional format specifiers:

<string name="distance_km">%1$d km away</string>

In Kotlin:

stringResource(R.string.distance_km, distance)

Plurals

For quantity strings, use plurals:

<plurals name="days_count">
    <item quantity="one">%d day</item>
    <item quantity="other">%d days</item>
</plurals>

After Adding Strings

Remind the user to use stringResource(R.string.xxx) in Compose code:

Text(stringResource(R.string.drive_details_title))