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Update translator fallback example to include ICU parents
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Reworded and added the versionadded directive
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Expand Up @@ -162,16 +162,24 @@ Fallback Locales

If the message is not located in the catalog of the specific locale, the
translator will look into the catalog of one or more fallback locales. For
example, assume you're trying to translate into the ``fr_FR`` locale:
example, assume you're trying to translate into the ``es_AR`` locale:

#. First, the translator looks for the translation in the ``fr_FR`` locale;
#. First, the translator looks for the translation in the ``es_AR``
(Argentinean Spanish) locale;

#. If it wasn't found, the translator looks for the translation in the ``fr``
locale;
#. If it wasn't found, the translator looks for the translation in the parent
locale, which is automatically defined only for some locales. In this
example, the parent locale is ``es_419`` (Latin American Spanish);

#. If it wasn't found, the translator looks for the translation in the ``es``
(Spanish) locale;

#. If the translation still isn't found, the translator uses the one or more
fallback locales set explicitly on the translator.

.. versionadded:: 4.2
The use of parent locales was introduced in Symfony 4.2.

For (3), the fallback locales can be set by calling
:method:`Symfony\\Component\\Translation\\Translator::setFallbackLocales`::

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