Filament Translation Editor

🔤 A real translation manager for Laravel 12 + Filament 3 — zero migrations, zero excuses.

🔧 Auto-Translation Setup

🆓 LibreTranslate (Recommended for Development)

Local Docker (Free):

docker run -d -p 5000:5000 --name libretranslate libretranslate/libretranslate:latest

Configuration:

💰 Microsoft Translator (2M chars/month free)

1. Create Azure account
2. Create Translator resource
3. Get API key and region

💸 Google Translate (Paid, no free tier)

1. Create Google Cloud account
2. Enable Translation API
3. Get API key

⚠️ Translation Provider Warnings:

• LibreTranslate: May be slower, quality varies by language pair
• Microsoft: Free tier has monthly limits, then charges apply
• Google: No free tier, charges from first character
• All providers: May fail due to network issues, quotas, or API changes

---# Filament Translation Editor

🔤 A real translation manager for Laravel 12 + Filament 3 — zero migrations, zero excuses.

⚠️ EARLY RELEASE WARNING: This is an early version under active development. While extensively tested in development environments, use with caution in production. Always backup your translation files before use. See Production Usage below.

🚨 Production Usage Warning

⚠️ IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER

This plugin is in early development and, while functional, may contain bugs or edge cases not yet discovered. I am not responsible for any data loss, corruption, or issues that may arise from using this plugin.

🛡️ Before Using in Production:

1. BACKUP EVERYTHING — Your entire /lang/ directory and any vendor translation files
2. Test thoroughly in a development environment first
3. Start small — Test with non-critical translation files
4. Monitor logs — Check storage/logs/laravel.log for translation service errors
5. Have a rollback plan — Know how to restore from backups quickly

🔥 Known Potential Issues:

• API quotas — Translation providers have limits that may be exceeded
• Network failures — External APIs may be unreachable
• File permissions — Ensure Laravel can write to language directories
• Large files — Very large translation files may timeout
• Concurrent edits — Multiple users editing same files simultaneously

💡 Recommended Production Setup:

// Enable backups (strongly recommended)
'create_backup' => true,

// Disable auto-save for more control
'auto_save_changes' => false,

// Consider disabling auto-translate initially
'auto_translate' => ['enabled' => false],

You have been warned. Use at your own risk. 🫡

🧩 Core Features

• ✅ Manage core translation files (/lang/{locale}, /lang/{locale}.json)
• ✅ Supports package translations in /lang/vendor/{package}/{locale}
• ✅ JSON support (core only — packages use PHP only)
• ✅ Nested arrays using custom <~> notation (e.g., validation<~>between<~>string)
• ✅ Real-time search & pagination
• ✅ Auto-save mode (optional)
• ✅ Auto-translate with multiple providers — LibreTranslate, Microsoft, Google
• ✅ Auto-sync keys across languages — add once, sync everywhere
• ✅ Smart array cleanup — removes empty parent arrays automatically
• ✅ Graceful fallback — if translation fails, returns original text
• ✅ 80+ languages with native names
• ✅ No database, no models, no crying

🙅 What it doesn't do (yet)

Just to set expectations:

• ❌ Does not create backup language files
• ❌ Does not create new language files
• ❌ Does not delete files
• ❌ Does not sync missing keys (you forgot them, not me), I have another package for that.
• ❌ Does not generate Excel reports, pay taxes, or make you coffee
• ❌ Does not guarantee your translation provider won't hit quotas/limits
• ❌ Does not fix bad life choices (like not searching before adding keys)

🚀 Installation

composer require sepremex/filament-translation-editor

Add it to your Filament panel:

->plugin(\Sepremex\FilamentTranslationEditor\FilamentTranslationEditorPlugin::make())

🛠 Publishing Resources

Everything

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Sepremex\FilamentTranslationEditor\FilamentTranslationEditorServiceProvider"

Config only

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=filament-translation-editor-config

Views

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=filament-translation-editor-views

Translations

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=filament-translation-editor-translations

⚙️ Config Overview

Available at: config/filament-translation-editor.php

'path' => 'lang',
'auto_save' => false,
'key_separator' => '<~>', // not in use from config yet...
'per_page' => 20, // secret for next stage...
'search_enabled' => true,
'include_vendor_languages' => true,
'vendor_namespace' => 'vendor',
'default_locale' => 'en',

🎯 Best Practices (Or: How Not to Break Things)

🔍 Search Before You Add

Golden Rule: Always search for a key before adding it.

❌ Don't: Add `user.name` when `user` already exists as a string
✅ Do: Search "user" first, then decide wisely

The plugin will auto-sync your new keys across all languages, but it won't fix your poor life choices.

🧠 Nested Arrays 101

Use <~> for nested structures:

✅ Good: validation<~>email<~>required → 'validation' => ['email' => ['required' => 'value']]
❌ Bad: validation.email.required → 'validation.email.required' => 'value'

Dots (.) are literal — they're part of the key, not separators. Don't be that person.

⚡ Auto-Sync Magic

When you add/remove keys, they automatically sync to other languages:

• Adding: Creates the key in all languages (if it doesn't exist)
• Removing: Removes from all languages + cleans empty parent arrays
• Existing keys: Won't overwrite — we're smart like that

🚨 Common Gotchas

1. Mixed Types: Don't mix strings and arrays for the same key across languages
2. Empty Search: Use the search box — it's there for a reason
3. Backup First: Do it manually
4. Case Sensitivity: User ≠ user — Laravel cares, so should you
5. API Limits: Translation providers have quotas — monitor your usage
6. Network Dependencies: Auto-translate requires internet — have a backup plan

🔧 Pro Workflow

1. 🔍 Search for existing keys first
2. 📝 Add only what doesn't exist
3. 👀 Review auto-translations (they're not perfect)
4. 💾 Save (or enable auto-save for YOLO mode)
5. 📊 Monitor logs for translation service issues
6. 🎉 Enjoy your magically synced translations

Remember: The plugin is smarter than your average developer, but it can't fix stupidity or API outages.

❤️ Disclaimer

I wanted it clean and elegant...
But Filament had other plans.
So here we are — custom pages, magical readers, zero database migrations, auto-sync wizardry, and translation APIs that may or may not work when you need them most.
You're welcome... and you're warned.

Use it. Abuse it. Translate responsibly. Backup religiously.
Built with sarcasm, auto-sync magic, questionable life choices, and ❤️ by [Sepremex].

⚖️ Legal Stuff

This software is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. The author is not responsible for:

• Lost translations
• Corrupted files
• Exceeded API quotas
• Existential crises caused by bad translations
• Your production going down at 3 AM
• Angry users complaining about "Hello world" being translated to "Goodbye universe"

Use at your own risk. Backup your stuff. Test before deploying.

Thanks for being a brave early adopter

📄 License

MIT — porque lo bueno se comparte, excepto la responsabilidad legal.