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feat: localised bot commands for ru, zh, es, it, ar, ja, de#120

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Telegram users now see command descriptions in their app language (7 languages). Admin commands remain English-only.

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  • Added _LOCALISED_COMMANDS dict with translations for Russian, Chinese, Spanish, Italian, Arabic, Japanese, German
  • _set_bot_commands() sets language_code per locale via PTB's native support
  • Updated tests: localised command registration + failure resilience

How it works

PTB's Bot.set_my_commands() accepts language_code — Telegram shows the matching locale's descriptions based on the user's app language. Unmatched languages fall back to the English default.

Telegram users now see command descriptions in their app language.
Admin commands remain English-only.

- Added _LOCALISED_COMMANDS dict with 7 language translations
- _set_bot_commands() sets language_code per locale via PTB
- Updated tests for localised + failure scenarios
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