feat(i18n): default to browser language

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Summary

• default first-time visitors to the first supported browser language, including Spanish browser locales
• preserve the existing localStorage-backed explicit language choice so it wins on later visits
• avoid mapping Traditional Chinese browser tags to the Simplified Chinese catalog
• clean obsolete Lingui catalog entries and document the locale-selection behavior

Translation audit

• 2,543 active messages checked
• 0 missing Spanish translations
• 0 missing Korean translations
• 0 missing Simplified Chinese translations
• no new translations were needed; obsolete catalog entries were pruned

Verification

• pnpm lint (0 errors; existing warnings only)
• pnpm typecheck
• pnpm test:run (99 files, 895 tests)
• pnpm build:no-seo
• pnpm translations (0 missing es/ko/zh)
• live browser check: es-ES selected Español on first visit; a manual Korean selection persisted after reload

Review note

Engineer review required because this changes the shared locale provider's default initialization behavior. The repository wiki lint remains blocked by the pre-existing stale design-system page; this change does not touch that domain.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • The app now selects a supported language based on the browser’s preferences on first visit.
  • Simplified Chinese variants map to Chinese, while Traditional Chinese and unsupported languages fall back to English.
  • Previously saved language preferences continue to take precedence.

• Documentation

  • Updated localization guidance, progress records, and change logs to reflect browser-based language selection and translation-audit updates.

• Maintenance

  • Removed obsolete translations and refreshed localization references across supported languages.

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• docs/wiki/log.md
• docs/wiki/progress.md

📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The locale system now detects supported browser languages on first visit, maps Chinese variants explicitly, and preserves valid persisted choices. Tests cover these rules. English, Spanish, Korean, and Simplified Chinese catalogs and locale documentation were synchronized.

Changes

Locale initialization and verification

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Browser locale detection and precedence src/i18n.tsx, src/tests/i18n.test.ts, docs/i18n.md	Added getBrowserLocale(). It supports English, Spanish, Korean, Simplified Chinese, and English fallback. Traditional Chinese maps to English. Valid persisted locales take precedence.
Locale catalog synchronization src/locales/*.po	Updated source references and removed obsolete fuzzy or commented entries across the four locale catalogs.
Translation audit documentation docs/wiki/log.md, docs/wiki/progress.md	Recorded the audit date, locale precedence, catalog cleanup, verification results, and review status.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 4da7e

The locale behavior change is mergeable, but the translation documentation should be reconciled so maintainers are not misled by conflicting audit and backlog figures.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Browser
  participant getBrowserLocale
  participant localeAtom
  Browser->>getBrowserLocale: expose language preferences
  getBrowserLocale->>localeAtom: return supported locale or English
  localeAtom->>localeAtom: initialize persisted locale

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Suggested reviewers: lcamargof, jgalat

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly describes the primary change: selecting the default locale from the browser language.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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• docs/i18n.md
• docs/wiki/log.md
• docs/wiki/progress.md
• src/i18n.tsx
• src/locales/en.po
• src/locales/es.po
• src/locales/ko.po
• src/locales/zh.po
• src/tests/i18n.test.ts

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[lcamargof]

lgtm