Is it OK to reuse a translation tiddler?

[tw-FRed]

The $:/language/SideBar/Contents/Caption tiddler is used in TW language plugins to translate the Contents sidebar tab label.
Would it be OK to reuse the same tiddler to translate another Contents related UI element? For instance the Contents menu of the MenuBar plugin?

Fred

[pmario]

Usually every core element has their own translation strings. So for the core I would say no. For your own plugins it would be important, that it would not be changed soon.

So if you have a look at, when that string was changed the last time it's 9 years ago. So IMO it would be safe to use it.

2 years ago I did upload a translateabl-plugins branch to my repo. It's now a 1000 commits behind master ;) I would have to review it and create a draft-PR. So the vercel-bot would be able to create a test-version.

Edit: Here's the old draft PR, which has no preview #5418

[linonetwo]

Great! I can't wait to use the same translation mechanism as the core. It will save lots of <$list> widget.

[Jermolene]

Hi @tw-FRed while @pmario is correct in general, the specific example you gave of the "Contents" tab and the "Contents" menu bar item does seem to be a case where the meaning is exactly the same, and so the string could be reused.