From 91faa73b19df90cfd70250a3a67c4fa71864cd13 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dan Stillman <dstillman@zotero.org>
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2022 07:03:23 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Don't throw from getString() for missing strings in
 non-English locales

Just show the key

We still merge strings before pushing betas, but this means it won't
crash for source builds, or if we forget. Not sure why we didn't do this
15 years ago.
---
 chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/intl.js | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/intl.js b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/intl.js
index 1f0cb03584..8b5fe0f98c 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/intl.js
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/intl.js
@@ -128,7 +128,13 @@ Zotero.Intl = new function () {
 			else if (e.name != 'NS_ERROR_FAILURE') {
 				Zotero.logError(e);
 			}
-			throw new Error('Localized string not available for ' + name);
+			let msg = 'Localized string not available for ' + name;
+			if (Zotero.locale == 'en-US') {
+				throw new Error(msg);
+			}
+			// In non-English locales, just return key if string is unavailable
+			Zotero.debug(msg, 1);
+			return name;
 		}
 		return l10n;
 	};