From a519eceb3a988977f6f0971ff1d9ca69add9d519 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ryan Miller <ryan.m@getsession.org>
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2024 14:20:53 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] feat: fallback to en is a string is not found on the locale

---
 ts/util/i18n.ts | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ts/util/i18n.ts b/ts/util/i18n.ts
index 9803ce914..8f99f8190 100644
--- a/ts/util/i18n.ts
+++ b/ts/util/i18n.ts
@@ -259,7 +259,15 @@ export const setupI18n = (params: {
 
       if (!localizedString) {
         i18nLog(`Attempted to get translation for nonexistent key: '${token}'`);
-        return token as T;
+
+        localizedString = en[token] as R;
+
+        if (!localizedString) {
+          i18nLog(
+            `Attempted to get translation for nonexistent key: '${token}' in fallback dictionary`
+          );
+          return token as T;
+        }
       }
 
       /** If a localized string does not have any arguments to substitute it is returned with no