diff --git a/docs/translating-dev.md b/docs/translating-dev.md index 8bebd0bcf4..80d4b64a3a 100644 --- a/docs/translating-dev.md +++ b/docs/translating-dev.md @@ -22,5 +22,5 @@ ## Things to know/Style Guides - Do not use it inside ``getDefaultProps`` at the point where ``getDefaultProps`` is initialized the translations aren't loaded yet and it causes missing translations. -- Do use ``Array.push()`` instead of directly defining it inside the array. Arrays are not able to access ``_t()`` at runtime. -- Do not include full stops, Emoji or similiar miscellaneous Things to the strings. They are not required to be translated. +- If using translated strings as constants, translated strings can't be in constants loaded at class-load time since the translations won't be loaded. +- If a string is presented in the UI with punctuation like a full stop, include this in the translation strings, since punctuation varies between languages too.