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Writing · Intermediate

# Translate app strings and keep them in sync

Draft translations for new UI strings without breaking placeholders.

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Opens BotBento. Paste the prompt into a bot; nothing is preconfigured.

- When something happensNew strings merged
- ThenTranslates and checks placeholders
- ResultDraft for native review

Have a bot draft translations for new interface strings, keep placeholders intact, and flag any text that needs a native speaker's review. Release notes and in-app help can follow the same review loop.

## Prompt to start with

BotBentoRecommended

```
Translate new strings from en.json into the target locales. Keep placeholders exactly as written. Flag strings that are ambiguous without context.
```

CopyMuse CodeSetup sketch

```
Run muse in the project directory, then ask: Translate new strings from en.json into the target locales. Keep placeholders exactly as written.
```

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Muse Code is Meta's terminal and CI coding agent; its docs describe planning, editing and running commands with approvals. [Docs ](https://dev.meta.ai/docs/muse-code)

## Tools it uses

GitHubDocs

## Works with

BotBentoMuse Code

## Tags

- translation
- localization
- i18n

## Source

[Show HN: Localize React apps without rewriting code](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44172428)
Hacker News · checked 2026-10-14

Summarized in our own words. Any results described there are the authors’ own, not measured by BotBento.

By BotBento Editorial · Added 2026-10-14 · Updated 2026-10-14 · [Suggest a correction](/contact/)

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