Switch main language used in the timeline editor

[timkrief]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Having to do all the translation work outside of dialogic without context is a bit tricky

Describe the solution you'd like
Being able to have a way to change the locale and have all the strings updated to the new locale if there is an existing translations or stay the same. That way translation can be made in dialogic and updating the csv after that would save the translation work made with the new locale. It's possible to go back to the previous locale after that.

Describe alternatives you've considered
Translating outside dialogic

[timkrief]

Maybe I'm missing something, but the translation workflow feel a bit cumbersome as it is.

[Jowan-Spooner]

Well, we are using the same translation workflow as the rest of godot. Afaik bigger games are usually not translated in-engine but the translation is being out-sourced, and then the csv or .po approach is the standard. I agree that for a smaller game or if you do the translations yourself, it can be a bit annoying. And we should certainly add more context helpers to the generated tables. I personally won't have time for this until after the first stable release I think, we haven't even merged the po PR, because I can't find the time to test it really.

[timkrief]

Yes, it makes sense, and yes, I'm in that case where I'm doing the translation work myself.

Right now there's a way to take the texts from the timeline files and such and put them into a CSV file. Having the ability to take the texts from the CSV file and put it back to the timeline files and such would work for what I'm looking for.

Plus it adds a functionality for all users if you ever modify the original locale from the csv file.

The workflow to do what I want to do is change the default locale and then importe the text from the csv file.

Could I try doing it ?