sailfishos-patches
Source strings which might need some care, round 2
Originally posted by @Olf0 in https://github.com/sailfishos-patches/patchmanager/issues/500#issuecomment-2870248933.
@nephros, when trying to translate string #111 at Transifex, it appears to me that a "when rebooting" is missing in the original source string to make sense, correct?
Maybe we can even drop the lengthy "for the first time" and simply replace it with "when rebooting"?
It also looks as if Transifex's string #121 (original source string here) then needs to be adapted accordingly, too: Both, to the recent changes of string #111 and the resolution of its issue addressed here.
Less, but still slightly problematic appears to be string #46 at Transifex when comparing it to my draft of its de translation there (original source string here). It is not a brand new string, but when reviewing it now, it seems to provide too little information.
- Maybe I am simply lacking context, i.e. it all makes sense when looking at it in Patchmanager?
- There might be other translatable strings for handling the backup list, which need to be reviewed and enhanced in a similar manner.
@nephros, when trying to translate string #111 at Transifex, it appears to me that a "when rebooting" is missing in the original source string to make sense, correct?
Maybe we can even drop the lengthy "for the first time" and simply replace it with "when rebooting"?
The goal is to disambiguate between the two switches, and be clear about what happens:
- "Activate Patches on first login" "Automatically activate all enabled Patches after Home Screen has been started for the first time."
- "Activate Patches when booting" "Automatically activate all enabled Patches when SailfishOS starts."
All of these are problematic as user may have a different notion of what "first login", "first time", "when booting" and especially "when SailfishOS starts" mean.
Also "automatically" and "all enabled" make the sentence harder to parse and distract from the important thing.
My preferred way would be something like
- "Activate Patches on login" "Automatically activate Patches when Home Screen has started."
- "Activate Patches on boot" "Automatically activate Patches in the background during boot."
Or even
- "Activate Patches on login" "Patches will be activated after Home Screen has started."
- "Activate Patches on boot" "Patches will be activated in the background while the device is booting."
