fix(i18n): complete the zh-CN locale — all 486 missing keys translated, parity ratchet to 0

[yearth]

What

zh-CN.json was missing 486 of en.json's 3,057 leaf keys (the _MISSING_BASELINE ratchet for zh-CN was 486), so with fallbackLng: 'en' the Settings, Models, Engines, Dictation, contact/support, crash and update surfaces all rendered English fallback for Simplified Chinese users. This translates every missing key — the zh-CN counterpart of the ko overhaul in #1776 — and tightens the ratchet to 0, leaving zh-CN at full key parity alongside ko.

How

• 486 new translations, surgical insertion: existing translations and the file's own key order are untouched (the diff is purely additive; the only 3 "changed" lines are trailing commas added after former last-keys of their sections).
• Brand and technical terms kept verbatim per the localization house rules: Tauri, Discord, Hugging Face, FFmpeg/FFprobe, yt-dlp, LLM, Ollama/LM Studio, torch.compile, DELETE confirm-word (as fix(i18n): overhaul the ko locale — 231 mistranslations fixed, 493 missing keys translated #1776 did for ko).
• All 70 keys that carry {{placeholders}} preserve them exactly; i18next tags (<1>, <code>, <issueLink>) are intact.
• Spoken-example hints are localized to natural Chinese usage (matching how fix(i18n): overhaul the ko locale — 231 mistranslations fixed, 493 missing keys translated #1776 handled ko examples).
• _MISSING_BASELINE["zh-CN"]: 486 → 0 locks the gain in, mirroring what fix(i18n): overhaul the ko locale — 231 mistranslations fixed, 493 missing keys translated #1776 did for ko.

zh-TW still misses 493 keys; that's a separate pass for a separate PR, deliberately not mixed in here.

Verification

• uv run pytest tests/test_locale_parity.py — 248 passed (also 248 passed on main before the change).
• tests/test_no_hardcoded_cjk.py — passed.
• Merge tooling asserted: translated key set == missing key set exactly, no placeholder drift, no extra keys, no existing value changed.

Completed all 486 missing zh-CN translations and set the parity baseline to zero. This removes English fallback and enforces full key parity with en.json. Automated checks pass; review should verify translation accuracy and terminology.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

Simplified Chinese now includes translations for 486 previously missing keys. The locale parity baseline is tightened from 486 missing keys to zero.

Changes

Simplified Chinese localization

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Configuration and engine strings CHANGELOG.md, frontend/src/i18n/locales/zh-CN.json, tests/test_locale_parity.py	Adds backend, settings, privacy, credential, engine, capture, and related Simplified Chinese strings. The changelog records completion, and the parity baseline is set to zero.
Media and model management frontend/src/i18n/locales/zh-CN.json	Adds translations for usage statistics, dubbing, media setup, model management, dictation, and player controls.
Storage and startup lifecycle frontend/src/i18n/locales/zh-CN.json	Adds translations for uninstall, reset, storage, updates, first-run failures, and bootstrap recovery states.
Support and crash communication frontend/src/i18n/locales/zh-CN.json	Adds translations for logs, sponsors, donations, contact channels, and backend crash details.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to e059c

Simplified Chinese users receive complete translations, but the local-usage privacy text incorrectly presents analytics as nonexistent despite opt-in analytics controls. This can mislead users about data handling and should be corrected before merge.

Suggested reviewers: debpalash, paoloantinori, bultodepapas

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 9

✅ Passed checks (9 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title uses Conventional Commit format with the fix(i18n) scope and accurately describes the locale completion. The issue reference requirement is satisfied by #1776 in the pull request body.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description clearly explains the problem, implementation, scope, and verification results. It does not use all template headings or complete the checklist, but it provides the required change and …
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 1…
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Cross-Platform Default Parity	✅ Passed	PASS: The pull request changes only CHANGELOG.md, the zh-CN translation data, and the locale parity test. The locale diff adds 486 strings, removes no keys, and changes no existing values; it introduc…
I18n Completeness (21 Locales)	✅ Passed	No frontend translation call sites changed. The PR changes only zh-CN.json, CHANGELOG.md, and the parity test; the frontend diff contains no added or removed t(...) calls and no new bypass strin…
Local-First Guarantee	✅ Passed	PASS — the PR changes only CHANGELOG.md, tests/test_locale_parity.py, and frontend/src/i18n/locales/zh-CN.json. It adds the 486 keys missing at the base revision, changes no existing translation value…
Backward Compatibility	✅ Passed	The pull request changes only CHANGELOG.md, tests/test_locale_parity.py, and frontend/src/i18n/locales/zh-CN.json. The locale validation found valid JSON, no removed keys, and no changed existing valu…

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Greptile Summary

Completes the Simplified Chinese locale and changes its missing-key parity allowance to zero.

• Adds translations for previously absent settings, engine, dictation, model, support, update, and recovery strings.
• Tightens the locale parity test so future English keys cannot remain absent from zh-CN.
• Adds an Unreleased changelog entry, which must be moved into the required Highlights list.

Important Files Changed

Filename	Overview
frontend/src/i18n/locales/zh-CN.json	Adds the missing Simplified Chinese locale entries while preserving key, placeholder, and rich-text-tag contracts.
tests/test_locale_parity.py	Reduces the zh-CN missing-key allowance to zero, requiring complete parity with the English locale.
CHANGELOG.md	Documents the locale completion, but places the entry outside the repository-required Highlights list.

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In `@frontend/src/i18n/locales/zh-CN.json`:
- Line 560: Update the usage_privacy translation value to scope the privacy
claim to the displayed local usage history, while acknowledging the opt-in
analytics exception and transmitted fields described elsewhere. Preserve the
existing translation key and surrounding meaning without claiming that
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[yearth]

Re: Greptile's "Changelog Entry Misplaced" — pushing back on this one.

The two direct precedents for exactly this kind of change both landed under ### Fixed, not **Highlights**:

• - Korean locale overhauled: 231 mistranslations corrected and all 493 missing keys translated (#1776) — thanks @j30231!
• - Japanese "Cleaning…" clone status now reads as denoising instead of housekeeping (#1775) — thanks @j30231!

(both in the 0.5.2 section). The restyled changelog rule is that a section opens with a short **Highlights** bullet list, with detail entries in the ### subsections — tests/test_changelog_style.py (8 passed on this branch) checks Highlights exists and that Added/Fixed one-liners carry their refs, not that every new entry goes into Highlights. A locale backfill is a fix, not a highlight, so I'm keeping the entry where the ko/ja precedent put theirs.

Both bot comments are now addressed — one answered, one declined with reasoning, per the contribution guide.

[yearth]

@debpalash Gentle ping for a review of this zh-CN locale completion PR when you have a chance. I have responded to both bot findings above, and CodeRabbit withdrew its translation finding. Please let me know if you would like any further changes. Thanks!