How to Translate All Missing Cells at Once

When your project has gaps in multiple locales and you don't want to click ✨ on every row, run Translate all missing with AI from the command palette. One pass fills every empty or copy-paste cell across every non-base locale.

Opening the dialog#

1. Press ⌘P to open the command palette.
2. Pick Translate all missing with AI (or type translate to filter).
3. The dialog computes what's missing:
   • Cells where the target locale value is absent, empty, or exactly equal to the base locale value (indicating an untranslated copy-paste).
   • Plural keys where the target locale is missing any quantity the base locale defines. Each is translated with the CLDR-required categories the target is still missing, so an empty Ukrainian key gets one, few, many and other from an English one/other source. Quantities already filled in the target are left alone.

Phases#

• Checking, verifying your API key is available.
• Empty, if nothing's missing, the dialog shows "All locales up to date" + Dismiss.
• No key, if no API key is configured for the provider, routes you to Settings → App → AI Providers.
• Confirm: total count + the first five locales involved (or the first five plus "…and N more"). Click Translate to start.
• Translating: progress bar with running count ("N / M across K locales") + the locale currently being processed. Cancel is available between chunks.
• Done: summary: Translated N of M keys. K error(s). plus the last error message if any chunk failed.

What happens under the hood#

• Runs up to two locales at a time (a conservative cap on AI calls in flight), calling translateKeysBatch and then translatePluralKeysBatch per locale.
• Each successful translation is applied via the normal auto-save path: writes hit your source files with the same format-preserving behaviour as manual edits.
• Canceling between chunks keeps every result written so far. You can always re-run the command to pick up the remaining gaps.
• Failed chunks surface their error messages in the summary so you can retry.

Related#

• Set up AI translation: prerequisite (BYOK provider + API key).
• Translate individual keys: the per-cell ✨ flow, still useful for one-off edits.
• Bulk translate a locale: focused single-locale bulk flow via the toolbar Translate… menu.