AddNewTranslations.py

#Open string resource file, remove last line, add new translated line, for all language codes provided
from TranslationsFunctionReturnDictionary import translate

print ("starting!")

###UPDATE words_to_translate, codes, and myBasePath if necessary###
#word : resource name
words_to_translate = {
   "Change Calculator":"app_name"
    }

codes = ['af','am','ar','az','be','bg','bn','bs','ca','ceb','co','cs','cy','da','de','el','eo','es','et','eu','fa','fi','fr','fy','ga','gd','gl','gu','ha','haw','iw','hi','hmn','hr','ht','hu','hy','id','ig','is','it','ja','jw','ka','kk','km','kn','ko','ku','ky','la','lb','lo','lt','lv','mg','mi','mk','ml','mn','mr','ms','mt','my','ne','nl','no','ny','pa','pl','ps','pt','ro','ru','sd','si','sk','sl','sm','sn','so','sq','sr','st','su','sv','sw','ta','te','tg','th','tl','tr','uk','ur','uz','vi','xh','yi','yo','zh-CN','zh-TW']
myBasePath = r"path to tranlsations folder"

for key in words_to_translate:
    translations = translate(key, codes)

    for code in translations:
        myPath = myBasePath + r"\values-" + code + r"\strings.xml"

        #exceptions where language code is different between Android file name and Google Translate
        if code == "tl":
            myPath = myBasePath + r"\values-fil\strings.xml"
        elif code == "id":
            myPath = myBasePath + r"\values-in\strings.xml"
        elif code == "he":
            myPath = myBasePath + r"\values-iw\strings.xml"
        elif code == "jw":
            myPath = myBasePath + r"\values-jv\strings.xml"
        elif code == "yi":
            myPath = myBasePath + r"\values-ji\strings.xml"
        elif code == "zh-CN":
            myPath = myBasePath + r"\values-zh-rCN\strings.xml"
        elif code == "zh-TW":
            myPath = myBasePath + r"\values-zh-rTW\strings.xml"
        elif code == "ceb":
            myPath = myBasePath + r"\values-b+ceb\strings.xml"
        elif code == "hmn":
            myPath = myBasePath + r"\values-b+hmn\strings.xml"
        elif code == "haw":
            myPath = myBasePath + r"\values-b+haw\strings.xml"

        file = open(myPath, mode = "r", encoding="utf8")
        lines = file.readlines()

        file.close()
        if len(lines) > 1:
            lines = lines[:-1]
            text = ""
            for line in lines:
                text += line

        #add new translation to text
        text += "    <string name=\"" + words_to_translate[key] +"\">" + translations[code].replace("'",r"\'")+ "</string> \n </resources>"
                
        file = open(myPath, mode = "w", encoding="utf8")
        file = file.write(text)

    print ("Translation complete: " + key)