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Confusing translations import from github

Hi,

I'm a bit confused on how importing translations work.

I would expect that integration with github works in both ways. If I add something into POEditor, I can export newly added translations to a file on github.com (this works as expected).

If I add something directly into the file on github.com, then I can import newly added terms (and possibly translations) back to POEditor. This doesn't work this way as far as I can see. I add a couple of terms in to the file (Android XML, precisely) on gitbub, go to integration section on POEditor, select an appropriate checkbox and click "Import translations from GitHub". What happens then is this: "translations: 1 parsed, 0 added, 0 updated". Why is this? I don't want to select the option "overwrite the translations", btw, because I consider the translations on POEditor as the originals.

There is also a button "Get terms" which seems also a fit in my case. But when I click it, I get all the terms but it looks like all the translations on POEditor becomes empty as it was an initial import.

Could you explain how import works exactly? How do I synchronize translations to/from github.com continuously?

Thank you.

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  • AdminPOEditor (Product Designer, Poeditor) commented  ·   ·  Report

    If you add new terms and translations to a linked file, you should first import the terms to your POEditor project (using the 'Get terms' button) and then import their translations (using the 'Import translations from GitHu'b button).
    You can't import translations to a project unless the terms have been already added.

    To automate the process, you can use a webhook: https://poeditor.com/help/how_to_use_the_github_webhook
    This would allow you to import terms and translations at the same time.