fix(localization): stop the repair policy rewriting translated generic terms to English

config/scripts/locale-generic-ui-terms.mjs

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+// Ordinary UI vocabulary that reads like a brand but is not one. Every locale should translate
+// these, so the policy must neither pin the whole value to English nor revert the translation
+// inside a sentence. The product-name homonyms (Continue.dev, the agent entries) stay Latin
+// through ENGLISH_ONLY_KEY_PREFIXES, which matches on the catalog key rather than the word.
+
+// Renderings a locale is expected to use. They are translations, never machine-translation
+// errors, so a brand revert must leave them alone. Nonsense forms that share the same English
+// term (zh 回购 "repurchase agreement", ja 端子 "electrical connector", es "Comprometerse")
+// stay in BRAND_MISTRANSLATIONS and keep getting reverted.
+const GENERIC_TERM_FAMILIES = [
+  {
+    terms: ['Agent', 'Agents', 'agent', 'agents'],
+    renderings: {
+      ko: ['에이전트'],
+      ja: ['エージェント'],
+      zh: ['代理', '智能体'],
+      es: ['Agente', 'agente', 'Agentes', 'agentes']
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    terms: ['Commit', 'Commits', 'commit', 'commits'],
+    renderings: {
+      ko: ['커밋'],
+      ja: ['コミット'],
+      zh: ['提交'],
+      es: [
+        'Confirmación',
+        'confirmación',
+        'Confirmaciones',
+        'confirmaciones',
+        'Confirmar',
+        'confirmar'
+      ]
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    terms: ['Continue'],
+    renderings: {
+      ko: ['계속하다', '계속'],
+      ja: ['続ける', '続行'],
+      zh: ['继续'],
+      es: ['Continuar', 'continuar']
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    terms: ['Repo', 'Repos', 'repo', 'repos'],
+    renderings: {
+      ko: ['저장소', '레포'],
+      ja: ['リポジトリ', 'リポ'],
+      zh: ['存储库', '仓库'],
+      es: ['Repositorio', 'repositorio', 'Repositorios', 'repositorios']
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    terms: ['Terminal', 'Terminals', 'terminal', 'terminals'],
+    renderings: {
+      ko: ['터미널'],
+      ja: ['ターミナル'],
+      zh: ['终端'],
+      es: ['Terminales', 'terminales']
+    }
+  }
+]
+
+export const LOCALIZABLE_GENERIC_TERMS = new Set(
+  GENERIC_TERM_FAMILIES.flatMap((family) => family.terms)
+)
+
+const RENDERINGS_BY_TERM = new Map(
+  GENERIC_TERM_FAMILIES.flatMap((family) => family.terms.map((term) => [term, family.renderings]))
+)
+
+export function isLocalizableGenericTerm(term) {
+  return LOCALIZABLE_GENERIC_TERMS.has(term)
+}
+
+export function isCanonicalGenericRendering(term, locale, form) {
+  return RENDERINGS_BY_TERM.get(term)?.[locale]?.includes(form) ?? false
+}
+
+export function canonicalGenericRenderings(locale) {
+  return GENERIC_TERM_FAMILIES.flatMap((family) =>
+    (family.renderings[locale] ?? []).map((form) => ({ form, terms: family.terms }))
+  )
+}
+
+function spansOf(value, needle) {
+  const spans = []
+  for (let at = value.indexOf(needle); at !== -1; at = value.indexOf(needle, at + 1)) {
+    spans.push([at, at + needle.length])
+  }
+  return spans
+}
+
+// Why: zh 终端子进程 ("terminal sub-process") contains 端子, so a blind revert of the
+// electrical-connector mistranslation would cut a valid word in half.
+export function overlapsCanonicalRendering(term, locale, value, start, end) {
+  const renderings = RENDERINGS_BY_TERM.get(term)?.[locale] ?? []
+  return renderings.some((form) =>
+    spansOf(value, form).some(([from, to]) => start < to && from < end)
+  )
+}

config/scripts/locale-generic-ui-terms.test.mjs

@@ -0,0 +1,174 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+
+import { LOCALIZABLE_GENERIC_TERMS } from './locale-generic-ui-terms.mjs'
+import { NEVER_TRANSLATE_VALUES, repairTranslatedValue } from './locale-translation-policy.mjs'
+
+// Why: #12113 — repair-locale-catalog rewrote ~2000 translated values back to English because
+// generic UI words (agent, terminal, commit, repo, Continue) were treated as brands. These pin
+// the boundary: generic words stay translated, real brand names stay Latin.
+describe('locale generic UI terms', () => {
+  it('keeps a translated generic term when the whole value is that term', () => {
+    expect(
+      repairTranslatedValue({
+        key: 'auto.components.settings.AppearancePane.terminalTitle',
+        enValue: 'Terminal',
+        localeValue: '터미널',
+        locale: 'ko'
+      })
+    ).toBe('터미널')
+    expect(
+      repairTranslatedValue({
+        key: 'auto.components.settings.QuickCommandsPane.4ccc63da87',
+        enValue: 'Agent',
+        localeValue: '에이전트',
+        locale: 'ko'
+      })
+    ).toBe('에이전트')
+    expect(
+      repairTranslatedValue({
+        key: 'auto.components.mobile.MobileHero.a8fb43cf1c',
+        enValue: 'Continue',
+        localeValue: '继续',
+        locale: 'zh'
+      })
+    ).toBe('继续')
+  })
+
+  it('keeps a translated generic term inside a sentence', () => {
+    expect(
+      repairTranslatedValue({
+        key: 'auto.components.settings.EditorFontSection.matchTerminal',
+        enValue: 'Match terminal font',
+        localeValue: '터미널 글꼴과 동일',
+        locale: 'ko'
+      })
+    ).toBe('터미널 글꼴과 동일')
+    expect(
+      repairTranslatedValue({
+        key: 'auto.components.settings.ExperimentalPane.agentDashboard.toggleLabel',
+        enValue: 'Toggle Agent Dashboard',
+        localeValue: '에이전트 대시보드 전환',
+        locale: 'ko'
+      })
+    ).toBe('에이전트 대시보드 전환')
+    expect(
+      repairTranslatedValue({
+        key: 'components.agentSessionContinuation.dialogTitle',
+        enValue: 'Continue in New Session',
+        localeValue: '新しいセッションで続ける',
+        locale: 'ja'
+      })
+      // 新しい → 新規 is an unrelated phrase fix; 続ける is what must survive.
+    ).toBe('新規セッションで続ける')
+  })
+
+  it('still reverts real brand names that machine translation localized', () => {
+    expect(
+      repairTranslatedValue({
+        key: 'auto.stats.StatsPane.7d26110cea',
+        enValue: 'Codex',
+        localeValue: '사본',
+        locale: 'ko'
+      })
+    ).toBe('Codex')
+    expect(
+      repairTranslatedValue({
+        key: 'auto.components.settings.appearance.search.9ae151b26b',
+        enValue: 'linear',
+        localeValue: '线性',
+        locale: 'zh'
+      })
+    ).toBe('Linear')
+    expect(
+      repairTranslatedValue({
+        key: 'auto.components.settings.NetworkPane.tailscale',
+        enValue: 'Connect over Tailscale',
+        localeValue: '通过尾鳞连接',
+        locale: 'zh'
+      })
+    ).toBe('通过 Tailscale 连接')
+  })
+
+  it('still reverts nonsense renderings of a generic term', () => {
+    // 端子 is an electrical connector, 回购 a repurchase agreement, Comprometerse "to pledge".
+    expect(
+      repairTranslatedValue({
+        key: 'auto.components.agent.AgentCombobox.986f946354',
+        enValue: 'Blank Terminal',
+        localeValue: '空白端子',
+        locale: 'zh'
+      })
+    ).toBe('空白 Terminal')
+    expect(
+      repairTranslatedValue({
+        key: 'auto.components.right.sidebar.source.control.primary.action.ed93b4f14f',
+        enValue: 'Commit',
+        localeValue: 'Comprometerse',
+        locale: 'es'
+      })
+    ).toBe('Commit')
+    expect(
+      repairTranslatedValue({
+        key: 'auto.components.LinearIssueMarkdownDescriptionEditor.d9c47069ef',
+        enValue: 'Markdown',
+        localeValue: '가격 인하',
+        locale: 'ko'
+      })
+    ).toBe('Markdown')
+  })
+
+  it('does not cut a valid word that contains a nonsense rendering', () => {
+    // 终端子进程 is "terminal sub-process" — 端子 sits inside 终端 + 子.
+    expect(
+      repairTranslatedValue({
+        key: 'auto.components.settings.AdvancedNetworkSettingsSection.823e0f15b1',
+        enValue: 'Proxy URL for Orca network requests and local terminal subprocesses.',
+        localeValue: '用于 Orca 网络请求和本地终端子进程的代理 URL。',
+        locale: 'zh'
+      })
+    ).toBe('用于 Orca 网络请求和本地终端子进程的代理 URL。')
+  })
+
+  it('still fills in a translation when the catalog holds English', () => {
+    expect(
+      repairTranslatedValue({
+        key: 'auto.components.feature.wall.BrowserAnimatedVisual.04096318ab',
+        enValue: 'Terminal 1',
+        localeValue: 'Terminal 1',
+        locale: 'ko'
+      })
+    ).toBe('터미널 1')
+    expect(
+      repairTranslatedValue({
+        key: 'auto.store.slices.worktrees.889487d8bb',
+        enValue: 'Dismiss',
+        localeValue: '해고하다',
+        locale: 'ko'
+      })
+    ).toBe('닫기')
+  })
+
+  it('keeps agent catalog product names in English by key, not by word', () => {
+    expect(
+      repairTranslatedValue({
+        key: 'auto.lib.agent.catalog.9e2a9bb87b',
+        enValue: 'Continue',
+        localeValue: '继续',
+        locale: 'zh'
+      })
+    ).toBe('Continue')
+    expect(
+      repairTranslatedValue({
+        key: 'auto.lib.agent.catalog.760bc6883d',
+        enValue: 'Codex',
+        localeValue: '사본',
+        locale: 'ko'
+      })
+    ).toBe('Codex')
+  })
+
+  it('does not list a generic term as never-translatable', () => {
+    const pinned = [...LOCALIZABLE_GENERIC_TERMS].filter((term) => NEVER_TRANSLATE_VALUES.has(term))
+    expect(pinned).toEqual([])
+  })
+})

config/scripts/locale-ja-value-overrides.mjs

@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ export const JA_VALUE_OVERRIDES = {
   'Pick a base branch below': '以下のベースブランチを選択',
   'Choose floating workspace directory': 'フローティング ワークスペース ディレクトリを選択',
   'Local project, Git repo, or folder with many repos':
-    'ローカルプロジェクト、Git repo、または多数の repos を含むフォルダー',
+    'ローカルプロジェクト、Git リポジトリ、または多数のリポジトリを含むフォルダー',
   'Enter passphrase': 'パスフレーズを入力',
   'Enter password': 'パスワードを入力',
   'Enter the passphrase for': 'のパスフレーズを入力',

config/scripts/locale-ko-key-overrides.json

@@ -2727,7 +2727,7 @@
     "ko": "이 SSH 대상의 원격 릴레이를 강제로 중지합니다. 이 대상의 활성 원격 terminals과 포트 포워딩이 종료됩니다."
   },
   "auto.components.settings.SshTargetForm.137e88ce8d": {
-    "ko": "연결 해제 후 릴레이가 terminals을 활성 상태로 유지하는 기간입니다. 기본값: 10800(3시간). 최대:"
+    "ko": "연결 해제 후 릴레이가 터미널을 활성 상태로 유지하는 기간입니다. 기본값: 10800(3시간). 최대:"
   },
   "auto.components.settings.SshTargetForm.2ee9bcd2e8": {
     "ko": "server, deploy@server:2222, ssh://server"

config/scripts/locale-ko-value-overrides.mjs

@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ export const KO_VALUE_OVERRIDES = {
   'Install the Orca skill so agents know to use the Orca CLI.':
     '에이전트가 Orca CLI를 사용하도록 Orca 스킬을 설치하세요.',
   'Local project, Git repo, or folder with many repos':
-    '로컬 프로젝트, Git repo 또는 repos가 많은 폴더',
+    '로컬 프로젝트, Git 저장소 또는 저장소가 많은 폴더',
   'Linear, GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps, Gitea, and Jira live in Settings > Integrations.':
     'Linear, GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps, Gitea 및 Jira는 설정 > 연동에 있습니다.',
   'changed since you last approved. Re-review before it runs':

config/scripts/locale-translation-policy-ko-round5.test.mjs

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ describe('locale-translation-policy ko round 5', () => {
         localeValue: '에이전트가 Orca CLI 사용 방법을 알 수 있도록 Orca 기술을 설치합니다.',
         locale: 'ko'
       })
-    ).toBe('agents가 Orca CLI를 사용하도록 Orca 스킬을 설치하세요.')
+    ).toBe('에이전트가 Orca CLI를 사용하도록 Orca 스킬을 설치하세요.')
     expect(
       repairTranslatedValue({
         key: 'auto.components.editor.MarkdownPreview.322afab6ff',
@@ -92,23 +92,24 @@ describe('locale-translation-policy ko round 5', () => {
     ).toBe('파이프라인')
   })
 
-  it('keeps protected workflow terms in English', () => {
+  // Why: #12113 — brand names stay Latin, but generic workflow nouns keep their Korean.
+  it('keeps brand names English and generic workflow terms translated', () => {
     expect(
       repairTranslatedValue({
         key: 'auto.components.feature.wall.BrowserAnimatedVisual.04096318ab',
         enValue: 'Terminal 1',
         localeValue: '터미널 1',
         locale: 'ko'
       })
-    ).toBe('Terminal 1')
+    ).toBe('터미널 1')
     expect(
       repairTranslatedValue({
         key: 'auto.components.skills.SkillsPage.38e0951c3a',
         enValue: 'Agent Skills',
         localeValue: '에이전트 스킬',
         locale: 'ko'
       })
-    ).toBe('Agent 스킬')
+    ).toBe('에이전트 스킬')
     expect(
       repairTranslatedValue({
         key: 'auto.components.LinearIssueMarkdownDescriptionEditor.d9c47069ef',
@@ -124,23 +125,23 @@ describe('locale-translation-policy ko round 5', () => {
         localeValue: '푸시되지 않은 커밋',
         locale: 'ko'
       })
-    ).toBe('푸시되지 않은 commits')
+    ).toBe('푸시되지 않은 커밋')
     expect(
       repairTranslatedValue({
         key: 'auto.components.workspace.cleanup.WorkspaceCleanupDialog.0b1766738a',
         enValue: 'Repo',
         localeValue: '레포',
         locale: 'ko'
       })
-    ).toBe('Repo')
+    ).toBe('레포')
     expect(
       repairTranslatedValue({
         key: 'auto.components.sidebar.add.repo.local.start.actions.fb4fc5380e',
         enValue: 'Local project, Git repo, or folder with many repos',
         localeValue: '로컬 프로젝트, Git 저장소 또는 저장소가 많은 폴더',
         locale: 'ko'
       })
-    ).toBe('로컬 프로젝트, Git repo 또는 repos가 많은 폴더')
+    ).toBe('로컬 프로젝트, Git 저장소 또는 저장소가 많은 폴더')
   })
 
   it('re-glues Korean particles after Latin terms without gluing content words', () => {