[zh-Hant] Community-maintained Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) translation pack for NetBox 4.4.x

[Reigns0622]

Hi NetBox community,

NetBox currently ships only Simplified Chinese (zh / zh-Hans). For users in Taiwan / Hong Kong / Macau, the writing system is similar but a lot of vocabulary differs (e.g. 軟件 → 軟體, 網絡 → 網路, 打印機 → 印表機), which makes the UI feel awkward.

Issue #18919 previously requested official Traditional Chinese (zh-Hant) support but was closed as stale. As a workaround, I put together an unofficial community translation pack:

Repo: https://github.com/Reigns0622/netbox-zh-tw
Release: https://github.com/Reigns0622/netbox-zh-tw/releases/tag/v4.4.0
Compatibility: NetBox 4.4.x

How it's generated

It's not translated from scratch — instead it's derived from the upstream zh translation using OpenCC with the s2twp profile (Simplified → Traditional Chinese with Taiwan vocabulary mapping). Original translator credits in django.po are preserved.

Install

git clone https://github.com/Reigns0622/netbox-zh-tw.git
cd netbox-zh-tw
sudo ./install.sh                     # defaults to /opt/netbox
sudo systemctl restart netbox netbox-rq

Then in NetBox: User Profile → Preferences → Language → Chinese → Save. The pack overlays the existing zh slot, so selecting "Chinese" now displays Traditional Chinese.

A docker-compose.override.yml example for netbox-docker is in the README.

Known limitations

• Strings outside django.po (plugin strings, runtime messages) stay in English.
• Each NetBox release adds new strings — pack will be regenerated and re-tagged for new versions.
• Currently uses s2twp (Taiwan vocabulary). Happy to add an s2hk (Hong Kong) variant if there's interest.

License

Apache 2.0, matching upstream NetBox.

If a maintainer is open to it, I'd be happy to discuss how to contribute this back upstream as a separate zh-hant locale (rather than overlaying zh). Otherwise, hopefully this is useful for other Traditional-Chinese-speaking NetBox users.

Feedback / issues welcome on the repo.