Blog: Translation files removed from Core repository (#1669)

Co-authored-by: Martin Hjelmare <marhje52@gmail.com>

blog/2023-02-06-translations-files-removed-from-core.md

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+author: Franck Nijhof
+authorURL: https://twitter.com/frenck
+authorImageURL: /img/profile/frenck.png
+authorTwitter: frenck
+title: Translation files removed from Core repository
+---
+
+We have removed all translation files from the Home Assistant Core repository
+and put in place a helper script to compile English translations from the
+translation strings files (`strings.json`) for development purposes.
+
+Previously, all translation files (including all languages) were part of the
+Home Assistant Core repository. Every night we would update the translations
+by downloading them from Lokalise and committing them into the Core repository.
+
+Instead, we have moved this process @ build time. We now download the latest
+translations from Lokalise when we ship a new release (including betas
+& nightly builds).
+
+This approach comes with some benefits:
+
+- We no longer have to commit translation files into the Core repository.
+  This means as a developer, this is also no longer a confusing burden.
+- People will no longer (incorrectly) try to contribute language
+  translations via GitHub.
+- Each release, including patch, beta, and nightly versions,
+  will now also have the latest translations.
+
+## Local development
+
+For local development, we have our translations development helper script. This
+always has been in place already, except now, it can compile the English
+translations for all integrations at once.
+
+```bash
+python3 -m script.translations develop --all
+```
+
+This script is automatically run when a dev environment is set up, and each
+time you run running Home Assistant in your VSCode (as a pre-launch task).