From a18da6670a7ec21b2a9ae0f03f5c45ae7567c0bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Joachim=20R=C3=BCtter?= <me@mynetx.net>
Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2026 11:26:39 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Use the site's lang for translations during generation

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 src/Generator.php                |  2 +-
 tests/Localized/GenerateTest.php | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/Generator.php b/src/Generator.php
index a4d1593..bf1c9dc 100644
--- a/src/Generator.php
+++ b/src/Generator.php
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ protected function updateCurrentSite($site)
         // Set the locale for dates, carbon, and for the translator.
         // This is what happens in Statamic's Localize middleware.
         setlocale(LC_TIME, $site->locale());
-        app()->setLocale($site->shortLocale());
+        app()->setLocale($site->lang());
     }
 
     protected function checkConcurrencySupport()
diff --git a/tests/Localized/GenerateTest.php b/tests/Localized/GenerateTest.php
index 9d46c09..d6be4fa 100644
--- a/tests/Localized/GenerateTest.php
+++ b/tests/Localized/GenerateTest.php
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ protected function tearDown(): void
         URL::enforceTrailingSlashes(false);
         URL::clearUrlCache();
 
+        $this->files->delete([lang_path('en_US.json'), lang_path('fr_FR.json')]);
+
         parent::tearDown();
     }
 
@@ -312,6 +314,35 @@ public function it_generates_associated_paginated_pages_when_generating_only_loc
         $this->assertStringContainsString('Prev Link: /fr/le-articles/page/1', $index);
     }
 
+    #[Test]
+    public function it_translates_using_the_site_lang()
+    {
+        Site::setSites([
+            'default' => [
+                'name' => 'English',
+                'locale' => 'en_US',
+                'lang' => 'en_US',
+                'url' => '/',
+            ],
+            'french' => [
+                'name' => 'French',
+                'locale' => 'fr_FR',
+                'lang' => 'fr_FR',
+                'url' => '/fr/',
+            ],
+        ]);
+
+        $this->files->put(lang_path('en_US.json'), json_encode(['welcome' => 'Welcome']));
+        $this->files->put(lang_path('fr_FR.json'), json_encode(['welcome' => 'Bienvenue']));
+
+        $this->files->put(resource_path('views/default.antlers.html'), '<h1>{{ trans key="welcome" }}</h1>');
+
+        $files = $this->generate();
+
+        $this->assertStringContainsString('<h1>Welcome</h1>', $files['index.html']);
+        $this->assertStringContainsString('<h1>Bienvenue</h1>', $files['fr/index.html']);
+    }
+
     #[Test]
     public function it_enforces_trailing_slashes_when_config_enabled()
     {