feat(l10n): Improve translation guidelines #12806
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Signed-off-by: Joas Schilling <[email protected]>
nickvergessen
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Mar 2, 2025
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| Please also look through the following steps to improve your strings and make them better translatable by others | ||
| "Don't","Do not","Using the spelled out version is easier to understand and makes translating easier" |
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... vs …
´ vs '
user vs account
user vs people
admin vs administration
administrator vs administration
leading/trailing space
include : into translated string for french and others that prepend a space
you have more ideas @rakekniven ?
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@nickvergessen
can not -> cannot
don't -> do not
won't -> will not
Keep proper names e. g. "Smart Picker"
Check IT abbreviations e. g. id -> ID
have to think of more ideas ...
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What about the placeholder topic.
Many devs to not use placeholders. Instead they concatenate string and value like "response error:" . "%s". Better use "response error: %s"
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