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Application strings reworked
Hey,
I merged the etebase branch into master now with all of the string updates. I had to because a lot of people have been translating the current master which is outdated. I hope it didn't cause a mess for you.
@tasn Just some conflicts, but I can clear those up. I thought that was my changes making it in, and I still found it hard to translate the untranslated strings. So there is hope :)
@tasn Fixed the merge issues and added the link. I think ready to go now?
Following our discussion here I had a friend translate the app (while watching her do it), and indeed, many of the strings are problematic. I think part of it is that the strings are just poorly worded, but another is the lack of context and documentation about where the strings are used and what they mean. She encountered quite a few strings that even I wasn't sure how they should be translated, so yeah, we need to improve them.
Another thing that was annoying is the places where we refer to the app as EteSync (which you raised above). It still makes sense in some cases, but it would have been better to reword them in others.
@tasn That is my experience too, I forget the strings in Remmina from time to time. With precisely this in mind, knowing that happens in just about every project, the changes here are made to keep it easy for translators. You get more complete translations that way, and fewer errors. Adding context on Weblate in the form of hints and screenshots helps too, but we haven't gotten there yet. Merging this makes things a lot easier, and then the remaining issues can be solved. Plenty of smaller fish to fry. I added some comments on Weblate for some strings, and two comments here for "Signup details" and "change log"?