Enhanced Message Context

When implementing Lingui i18n, add translator comments to the messages that need them, so translators have the context to choose the right tone, length, and wording. Which messages need them is the whole question, and the tiers below answer it: a short label carries almost no context of its own and a full sentence carries most of it, so they earn very different treatment.

Know the App Domain First

Before writing comments, identify what the product is about — check package.json description, the README, and route/component names. The domain disambiguates terms that are otherwise unresolvable: in a parking app, "Park" is a parking spot, not a nature park; in a social app, "Post" is likely a noun. Reference the domain in comments whenever a term is domain-sensitive.

When to Add Comments

Prioritize in tiers:

Must comment — translations will be wrong without it: