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Missing Alternate Language information such as pokedex descriptions for newer mons

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Domain
localization

Research direction

Start by reviewing the repository's static JSON data and JSON Schema for Pokémon entries and checking how language variants are represented. Confirm which newer Pokémon lack alternate-language descriptions and define completion as adding available translations consistently; the issue does not identify source files or tests.

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Description

id like to see and copy what all the pokedex descriptions from other languages exist for mons like wyrdeer or gen 8 mons, but all I can find is their english entries, is there any plan on adding alternate language texts to pokeapi for the newer mons?

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