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[Italian] Wrong translation

asked 2019-12-15 20:48:30 +0200

The Phone app got wrong translation in the pulley menu, both "Show details" and "Show essentials" get translated as "Mostra dettagli".

I proposed two translations to "Show essentials": * "Mostra essenziali" * "Nascondi dettagli" (which sounds more natural and intuitive for me)

Both of my proposed translations didn't make into the past 2-3 OS updated and got replaced on pootle by "Mostra dettagli", which is plain wrong when translating "Show essentials", as it means "Show details".

Is there any reason why both of my proposed translations got rejected?

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I’m checking also this on translate, maybe I can upvote by suggesting your version.

magullo ( 2019-12-15 21:49:34 +0200 )edit

More generally (I'm encountering similar issues in French), I think it's important to have high quality localization. Bad localization is worse than no localization.

objectifnul ( 2019-12-15 22:02:17 +0200 )edit

@fravaccaro pensavo che fossi tu il coordinatore per l'italiano. (I believed you were the coordinator for Italian.)

Giacomo Di Giacomo ( 2019-12-16 10:24:32 +0200 )edit

I could not find the translation. Which is the package it belongs to?

magullo ( 2019-12-17 19:24:19 +0200 )edit

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answered 2019-12-16 09:49:59 +0200

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Italian, French (and some others) do not have a coordinator. Such inconsistencies can easily pop up because of that.

Now we have two different suggestions for the erroneous string. Which of them should be accepted? A non-native speaker would have trouble discerning which fits better.

There are more cases of multiple suggestions, that would be the best to decide for someone speaking that language as their mother-tongue.

Please raise your candidacy, it has been welcomed since long time ago here: "Officially supported languages <...> Please volunteer to coordinate them too!"

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You are right, I posted my candidacy over there :)

fravaccaro ( 2019-12-16 11:26:25 +0200 )edit
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