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Requested by דניאל

Why

Hebrew-speaking users get an English UI today: he-IL falls back to en. The right-to-left groundwork is already in place (textDirectionForLocale maps he to rtl, the shell uses logical CSS, and user text uses dir="auto"), so the missing piece is the locale and its catalog.

What changed

  • apps/web/src/locales/he/messages.po: all 1142 web messages translated. Wording is gender-neutral, with noun labels for actions (שמירה, ביטול) and infinitive or impersonal instructions (יש להזין…, אפשר לנסות שוב). Product and protocol names (MCP, OAuth, API, webhook) stay in Latin script. ASCII apostrophes are avoided in favour of the Hebrew geresh (׳) so ICU quoting is unaffected.
  • lingui.config.ts, ui-locale.ts (label עברית), i18n.ts: register he. normalizeUiLocale also maps the legacy iw / iw-* tag, which some browsers and Android still report, to he.
  • dictation.ts: he uses he-IL for Web Speech.
  • Tests: he added to the catalog sweeps and every activation loader map, a Hebrew catalog assertion, normalizeUiLocale cases for he and iw (the unknown-locale fallback case now uses sv-SE), and a UI E2E that picks עברית and checks lang="he" and dir="rtl" across a reload.

Mobile (apps/mobile) is not included. It has its own catalog and can follow separately.

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No new English copy. This adds translations only.

Testing

  • pnpm lint, pnpm check and pnpm test pass.
  • The web production build passes, and intl:extract reports 0 missing messages for he.
  • pnpm test:e2e -- --spec=e2e/ui-locale.spec.ts passes for all six locale scenarios, including the new Hebrew one. Its screenshot shows the settings dialog fully mirrored, with the section navigation on the right.
  • Every translation was checked automatically for identical placeholders, JSX markers, and plural and select keywords compared with the source message.

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  • New Features
    • Added Hebrew as a supported interface language, including translations for key settings and messages.
    • Hebrew is displayed right-to-left, and the language and layout direction are retained after reloading.
    • Hebrew is supported for speech recognition.

- Translate all 1142 web catalog messages into Hebrew, gender-neutral
  (noun labels for actions, infinitive or impersonal instructions).
- Register he in lingui.config, ui-locale.ts (label עברית) and the
  i18n.ts catalog loaders; map the legacy iw / iw-* tag to he.
- Hebrew already resolves to rtl through textDirectionForLocale, so
  choosing it mirrors the shell; the new E2E checks lang=he and dir=rtl
  across a reload.
- Dictation uses he-IL for the Web Speech recognizer.
- Unit tests: he in every catalog sweep and activation loader map, a
  Hebrew catalog assertion, and normalizeUiLocale cases for he/iw
  (the unknown-locale fallback now uses sv-SE).

Mobile (apps/mobile) is not included; it has a separate catalog.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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The web app adds Hebrew as a supported UI locale, loads Hebrew translations, and maps the locale to the he-IL speech-recognition tag. Tests cover locale normalization, translated messages, and Hebrew settings selection and persistence.

Changes: Hebrew UI locale

Layer / File(s) Summary
Register and load Hebrew
apps/web/src/lib/ui-locale.ts, apps/web/lingui.config.ts, apps/web/src/lib/i18n.ts, apps/web/src/lib/dictation.ts
The UI locale configuration accepts Hebrew, loads its catalog, and maps Hebrew to the he-IL speech-recognition tag.
Validate locale handling and translations
apps/web/src/lib/ui-locale.test.ts, apps/web/src/lib/i18n-activate.test.ts, apps/web/src/lib/i18n-catalog.test.ts
Tests cover Hebrew locale normalization, catalog activation, and translated messages.
Verify Hebrew settings persistence
apps/web/e2e/ui-locale.spec.ts
The end-to-end test checks Hebrew settings text, document language and direction, and those attributes after reload.

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Change: Feature

Suggested reviewers: foxace, elie222

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 7def5

Hebrew dictation can use English recognition when the browser language is English. Correct the Web Speech language selection before merging.

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Review comments at @apps/web/src/lib/dictation.ts:
- Line 105: Update listenWebSpeech to set the recognizer’s language using
speechLocaleTag(getActiveUiLocale()) instead of navigator.language, so Web
Speech recognition follows the selected UI locale, including Hebrew’s he-IL
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[Medium impact] The PR appears safe to merge, with both previous findings addressed and no new actionable issues found.

Summary

Adds Hebrew to the web UI, including translations, locale selection, and speech recognition.

  • The web app offers Hebrew screens and dictation.

Reviews (2) · Last reviewed commit: "fix(i18n): clarify Hebrew weekday schedu..." · Reviewed by Greptile

Comment thread apps/web/src/locales/he/messages.po Outdated
Comment thread apps/web/src/locales/he/messages.po Outdated
Weekdays saves a Monday-Friday cron, which the common Hebrew term for
weekdays does not convey, so name the days. Group members are bots,
not users.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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