From f607c9793d450ed8b5f87932c9c4488bd127c90d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Elian Doran <contact@eliandoran.me>
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2025 18:24:44 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] chore(desktop): use translation

---
 apps/desktop/src/main.ts                           | 6 ++++--
 apps/server/src/assets/translations/en/server.json | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/main.ts b/apps/desktop/src/main.ts
index bb44b93e8..8e2d63c88 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/main.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/main.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { initializeTranslations } from "@triliumnext/server/src/services/i18n.js";
+import { t } from "i18next";
 
 import electron from "electron";
 import sqlInit from "@triliumnext/server/src/services/sql_init.js";
@@ -73,16 +74,17 @@ async function main() {
         }
     });
 
+    await initializeTranslations();
+
     const isPrimaryInstance = (await import("electron")).app.requestSingleInstanceLock();
     if (!isPrimaryInstance) {
-        console.info("There's already an instance running, focusing that instance instead.");
+        console.info(t("desktop.instance_already_running"));
         process.exit(0);
     }
 
     // this is to disable electron warning spam in the dev console (local development only)
     process.env["ELECTRON_DISABLE_SECURITY_WARNINGS"] = "true";
 
-    await initializeTranslations();
     const startTriliumServer = (await import("@triliumnext/server/src/www.js")).default;
     await startTriliumServer();
     console.log("Server loaded");
diff --git a/apps/server/src/assets/translations/en/server.json b/apps/server/src/assets/translations/en/server.json
index f7db941a6..2fcbe5464 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/assets/translations/en/server.json
+++ b/apps/server/src/assets/translations/en/server.json
@@ -428,5 +428,8 @@
   "sql_init": {
     "db_not_initialized_desktop": "DB not initialized, please follow on-screen instructions.",
     "db_not_initialized_server": "DB not initialized, please visit setup page - http://[your-server-host]:{{port}} to see instructions on how to initialize Trilium."
+  },
+  "desktop": {
+    "instance_already_running": "There's already an instance running, focusing that instance instead."
   }
 }