Multi-language support on Shiny dashboard using existing crowd-sourcing platform

[joshwlambert]

WHO Collaboratory Hackathon Idea.

[ntncmch]

See R package shiny.i18n : https://appsilon.github.io/shiny.i18n/

[AmyMikhail]

This is something I've been looking into recently - have you come across shi18y and friends? At first glance it has the capacity to auto-translate common button labels and short text descriptors, but any more lengthy text (such as instructions for app users) would need to be done via a translation sheet. This is possible with shiny.i18n but involves providing the translations yourself for the desired languages. I wonder if this could be enhanced by using something like the deeplr package, to get more automated translation for longer strings of text.

[AmyMikhail]

Also, slight tangent but somehow related - I just discovered the countrycode package, which has many variations of country names in its dictionary, in multiple languages and scripts. They also have names and codes used by various international entities - so far WHO regions are not on the list, but could easily be added.