Improve messages when automatically checking for translations [#1861908]

Follow up for #1804702-79: Display interface translation status

Problem/Motivation

When adding a language with locale enabled and no .po translation files available, some screens and progress bar flash by quickly. It says Completed 8 of 8. This is confusing and perhaps not accurate.

Proposed resolution

Fix the wording.
Add a set message to say what happened after it finishes because it flashes by so fast.
Check if a message is already in watchdog. Maybe add one.

Remaining tasks

Some of these can happen concurrently. This list will change over time.

Discuss what is actually occurring.
Discuss what the wording should be changed to.
UI review of proposed wording change.
Make a patch to change the wording.
Make a patch to add a set message to say what happened after it finishes because it flashes by so fast.
Check if information is in the watchdog entries, maybe also add that.
Code review patches
Screenshots
UI review

User interface changes

Yes, this is a ui issue, changes to user interface text, see above.

API changes

No api changes anticipated.

Comments

Comment #1

yesct commented 8 December 2012 at 17:59

When enabling locale and then adding a language (but with no .po translation files available),
some screens flash by.

I did a video and captured the screens off that to see what they were saying.

Why does it say downloading and importing translation files? ... there are none to download.
Perhaps it is more accurate to say "checking for translations to download" until it finds some to download or import?
Then that screen change wording to say downloading, then when done downloading, say it's importing?

Then why does it say "Completed 8 of 8. 100%"?
completed what? checking for translations? downloading? importing?
8 of 8 what?
not projects; I have more than 8 core projects enabled.
not strings: I search in the UI translations screen and limit the search to translated strings and it says zero.