🌐 Add Chinese (zh_CN) translation for settings UI

[luokexiaoguo]

Summary

Add Chinese (Simplified) translation support for Dash2Dock Animated settings UI. The current v92 release has translatable="yes" tags in the .ui files but no actual translation files are included.

Changes

I have translated all 4 settings pages (General, Style, Icons, Tweak) into Simplified Chinese. The translated results are applied by directly replacing the English text in the .ui files.

Translated pages

1. General (基本设置) — Dock, Animation, Autohide, Debug sections
2. Style (外观) — Theme, Icons, Dash, Indicators, Topbar, Label sections
3. Icons (图标管理) — Icon visibility, Dynamic icons, Custom drawn icons
4. Tweak (微调) — Animation tweaks, Autohide, Blur, Performance, Behavior

How to apply

The attached patch files can be applied to the .ui files in the ui/ directory.

For a proper i18n solution, the author may want to:

1. Extract strings via intltool-extract or xgettext
2. Create po/zh_CN.po
3. Compile to .mo and ship with the extension

Screenshot

But currently v92 uses hardcoded English strings with translatable="yes" markup — no gettext _() calls around the text — so the quickest way is to replace the strings in the .ui files directly.

Would be great to have proper l10n support in future releases! I can help maintain the Chinese translation.

[luokexiaoguo]

Attached: 4 patch files for Chinese (Simplified) localization of the settings UI.

File list:

• zh_diff_general.txt — General page (基本设置)
• zh_diff_appearance.txt — Style/Appearance page (外观)
• zh_diff_others.txt — Icons page (图标管理)
• zh_diff_tweaks.txt — Tweak page (微调)

Apply:

cd ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/dash2dock-lite@icedman.github.com
cp ui/general.ui.bak ui/general.ui 2>/dev/null; cp ui/appearance.ui.bak ui/appearance.ui 2>/dev/null; cp ui/others.ui.bak ui/others.ui 2>/dev/null; cp ui/tweaks.ui.bak ui/tweaks.ui 2>/dev/null
patch -p0 < /tmp/zh_diff_general.txt
patch -p0 < /tmp/zh_diff_appearance.txt
patch -p0 < /tmp/zh_diff_others.txt
patch -p0 < /tmp/zh_diff_tweaks.txt
killall -SIGQUIT gnome-shell

Note: these patches are based on v92 files. For proper i18n, the author should extract strings via xgettext and create a po/zh_CN.po file.

[luokexiaoguo]

Screenshot - Chinese Localization Demo

Here is a screenshot showing the translated settings UI (generated preview):

The 4 tabs are translated as:

• 基本设置 (General)
• 外观 (Style/Appearance)
• 图标管理 (Icons)
• 微调 (Tweak)

All section titles, subtitles, dropdown options and button labels are in Simplified Chinese.