Each scripts/gen_<lang>.py held a hardcoded `translations` dict that it
wrote over res/lang/<lang>.json wholesale. Those dicts had drifted ~285
keys behind the committed JSONs (keys were added directly to the JSONs
over time), so running any generator silently truncated a language file —
a live regression trap. Nothing invokes them (not build.sh, CMake, or CI),
and the JSONs are now the maintained source of truth, so the generators are
pure duplication plus a footgun.
Retire all eight. The additive, non-destructive scripts/add_missing_
translations.py remains the i18n helper, and CLAUDE.md now documents the
"edit the JSONs directly and additively" workflow.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
DanS
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