Automate syncing translation files (#1037)

* script to sync translation files to English version * reorder the English translation file
HospitalRun · Mar 31, 2017 · 7453611 · 7453611
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 To run the test suite locally, use `ember test` from the project root.
 
 New test should be added for any new features or views in the app. For more info about how to setup a new test, see the [Fixtures for Acceptance Tests](https://github.com/HospitalRun/hospitalrun-frontend#fixtures-for-acceptance-tests) section of the README.
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+## Guidelines to edit translations
+If you know a language other than English and would like to help translate this app, please follow the following steps:
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+### Install necessary node modules
+```npm install -g babel-cli eslint-cli```
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+### Run script to populate missing translation terms
+```npm run translation-sync```
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+After this step, you may see some file changes due to mismatches in translations of different languages. This script will take the English translation as the standard and populate the missing translations in other languages with empty string.
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+### Edit the translation file of your language
+The translation files are in app/locales/<language>/translations.json
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+Open the translation file of your language then search for the string ```''```. Afterwards you fill in the quotation with the translated terms and save the file.
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+### Submit the pull request
+Follow GitHub's guide to submit a pull request to the project. If you have trouble with this please post in Issues or contact a developer.
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