Same translation

Two pages in one language would both be the translation of the same pages in the site’s other languages. Either both have the same translation_key, or both stand where a page in another language stands, such as content/en/about.md and content/en/about.html beside content/about.md. The message points at the second, and shows the first.

What you’ll see

error  Same translation: two pages in `en` have `translation_key: about`
  Give each page in `en` its own key.
  More: https://statac.dev/e/same-translation/

In the terminal the message also names the file and line where there is one, and marks the exact text.

Why Statac stops

A page has one translation in each language. With two candidates in one language, Statac can’t know which one a reader switching language should reach, and a guess would send them to the wrong page.

How to fix it

Where both have one key, give each page its own key, or move the one in the wrong language to its own language’s folder. Where both stand in one place, rename one of them, or give the one that isn’t the translation a translation_key of its own, which links it by its key alone.

Example

content/en/about.md and content/en/about-us.md both have:

translation_key: about

Keep the key on the page that is the translation, and give the other one its own:

translation_key: about-us

Its name

Name	same-translation
In the terminal	statac explain same-translation
To stop showing it	It stops the build, so it can't be quietened.