freesewing/markdown/dev/guides/best-practices/use-translation-keys/en.md

---
title: Use translation keys, not text
order: 60
---

Don't insert literal text in your patterns. Instead, insert a key that can then be translated.

For example, if you want to put *Finish with bias tape* on your pattern, don't be
tempted to do this:

```js
path.seam.attr("data-text", "Finish with bias tape");
```

That (English) string is now hard-coded in your pattern. As freesewing supports
translation out of the box, it would be a real shame not to make use of it.

Instead, insert a key to identify the string:

```js
path.seam.attr("data-text", "finishWithBiasTape");
```

This way, it can be translated.

You can find and browse the translations and available translation keys [in the freesewing/freesewing project](https://github.com/freesewing/freesewing/tree/develop/packages/i18n/src/locales).
Revert "chore: Linting for markdown and js" This reverts commit 1c92e0f655c1b34e4b1f6807914529cc4d82ff81. 2021-10-17 18:26:00 +02:00			`---`
feat: Flat import of markdown repo This is a flat (without history) import of (some of) the content from our markdown module. We've imported this without history because the repo contains our blog posts and showcases posts content prior to porting them to strapi. Since this contains many images, it would balloon the size of this repo to import the full history. Instead, please refer to the history of the (archived) markdown repo at: https://github.com/freesewing/markdown 2021-08-25 16:09:31 +02:00			`title: Use translation keys, not text`
			`order: 60`
Revert "chore: Linting for markdown and js" This reverts commit 1c92e0f655c1b34e4b1f6807914529cc4d82ff81. 2021-10-17 18:26:00 +02:00			`---`
feat: Flat import of markdown repo This is a flat (without history) import of (some of) the content from our markdown module. We've imported this without history because the repo contains our blog posts and showcases posts content prior to porting them to strapi. Since this contains many images, it would balloon the size of this repo to import the full history. Instead, please refer to the history of the (archived) markdown repo at: https://github.com/freesewing/markdown 2021-08-25 16:09:31 +02:00
			`Don't insert literal text in your patterns. Instead, insert a key that can then be translated.`

chore(markdown): Linter fixes 2022-02-18 18:33:38 +01:00			`For example, if you want to put Finish with bias tape on your pattern, don't be`
feat: Flat import of markdown repo This is a flat (without history) import of (some of) the content from our markdown module. We've imported this without history because the repo contains our blog posts and showcases posts content prior to porting them to strapi. Since this contains many images, it would balloon the size of this repo to import the full history. Instead, please refer to the history of the (archived) markdown repo at: https://github.com/freesewing/markdown 2021-08-25 16:09:31 +02:00			`tempted to do this:`

			```js
			`path.seam.attr("data-text", "Finish with bias tape");`
			```

chore(markdown): Linter fixes 2022-02-18 18:33:38 +01:00			`That (English) string is now hard-coded in your pattern. As freesewing supports`
feat: Flat import of markdown repo This is a flat (without history) import of (some of) the content from our markdown module. We've imported this without history because the repo contains our blog posts and showcases posts content prior to porting them to strapi. Since this contains many images, it would balloon the size of this repo to import the full history. Instead, please refer to the history of the (archived) markdown repo at: https://github.com/freesewing/markdown 2021-08-25 16:09:31 +02:00			`translation out of the box, it would be a real shame not to make use of it.`

			`Instead, insert a key to identify the string:`

			```js
			`path.seam.attr("data-text", "finishWithBiasTape");`
			```

			`This way, it can be translated.`

			`You can find and browse the translations and available translation keys [in the freesewing/freesewing project](https://github.com/freesewing/freesewing/tree/develop/packages/i18n/src/locales).`