UI: Not all text is translated to Hindi

[AnkitaPihulkar]

Problem

Incomplete Hindi Translation on UI

If launching the site https://openlibrary.org/ and selecting languages as Hi, Not all text is translated to Hindi. Please refer below screenshots.

Reproducing the bug

1. Go to https://openlibrary.org/
2. Do select language as Hindi (Hi)

• Expected behavior:
  All text should be translated to Hindi

• Actual behavior:
  As shown in the screenshot few sections text is not getting Translated to Hindi and shown in English Language Only.

Context

• Browser (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, etc):
• OS (Windows, Mac, etc):
• Logged in (Y/N):
• Environment (prod, dev, local): prod

Breakdown

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[Suhani370]

Hi @AnkitaPihulkar
I’d like to help with this issue. I can start by identifying untranslated UI strings when the language is set to Hindi and break this issue into smaller, actionable sub-tasks (pages/components).
Please let me know if that sounds good, or if there’s a preferred place to start. Thanks!

[varunkumar-22]

Hi! I’d like to take a stab at this issue and work on identifying and fixing the untranslated UI strings for Hindi.
I’ll start by auditing the UI for missing translations and follow up with a PR. Please let me know if there’s any preferred approach. Thanks!

[Suhani370]

Proposed Breakdown for Hindi Translation Issue

I suggest breaking this issue into the following sub-tasks:

• Identify all pages where Hindi (Hi) is enabled but UI text remains in English
  • Home page
  • Search results page
  • Book detail page
  • Login / Signup pages
  • Footer & Header sections
• Identify missing or hardcoded English strings in UI components
• Locate corresponding i18n / translation files for Hindi (hi.json or equivalent)
• Add missing Hindi translations for identified strings
• Replace hardcoded strings with translation keys where required
• Verify Hindi translation consistency across browsers (Chrome/Firefox)
• Add screenshots / notes for before & after behavior
  Happy to take ownership of one or more sub-tasks if needed.

If no one is assigned yet, I can start by auditing the homepage and search pages for missing Hindi translations.