From 9375ba7890cad1910c04a7feb6afbe8f9771dfbf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lirodon Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2023 21:43:33 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Proofread strings to improve language * Cleaned up the wording of some strings * Adjusted terminology to be consistent with current Mastodon web UI terminology (i.e. "Toot" -> "Post", "Reblog" -> "Boost") --- src/config/locales/en/translation.json | 256 ++++++++++++------------- 1 file changed, 128 insertions(+), 128 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/config/locales/en/translation.json b/src/config/locales/en/translation.json index 60a25b4e..5542ee5a 100644 --- a/src/config/locales/en/translation.json +++ b/src/config/locales/en/translation.json @@ -3,18 +3,18 @@ "application": { "name": "Whalebird", "about": "About Whalebird", - "preferences": "Preferences...", - "shortcuts": "Shortcut Keys", + "preferences": "Preferences", + "shortcuts": "Keyboard shortcuts", "services": "Services", "hide": "Hide Whalebird", - "hide_others": "Hide Others", - "show_all": "Show All", - "open": "Open Window", + "hide_others": "Hide others", + "show_all": "Show all", + "open": "Open window", "quit": "Quit" }, "toot": { - "name": "Toot", - "new": "New Toot" + "name": "Posts", + "new": "New post..." }, "edit": { "name": "Edit", @@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ }, "view": { "name": "View", - "toggle_full_screen": "Toggle Full Screen" + "toggle_full_screen": "Toggle full screen" }, "window": { - "always_show_menu_bar": "Always Show Menu Bar", + "always_show_menu_bar": "Always show menubar", "name": "Window", "close": "Close Window", "open": "Open Window", @@ -45,41 +45,41 @@ "profile": "Profile", "show_profile": "Show profile", "edit_profile": "Edit profile", - "settings": "Account Settings", + "settings": "Account settings", "collapse": "Collapse", "expand": "Expand", "home": "Home", - "notification": "Notification", + "notification": "Notifications", "direct": "Direct messages", - "follow_requests": "Follow Requests", - "favourite": "Favourite", - "bookmark": "Bookmark", + "follow_requests": "Follow requests", + "favourite": "Favorited", + "bookmark": "Bookmarks", "local": "Local timeline", "public": "Public timeline", - "hashtag": "Hashtag", + "hashtag": "Hashtags", "search": "Search", "lists": "Lists" }, "header_menu": { "home": "Home", - "notification": "Notification", - "favourite": "Favourite", - "bookmark": "Bookmark", - "follow_requests": "Follow Requests", - "direct_messages": "Direct Messages", + "notification": "Notifications", + "favourite": "Favorited", + "bookmark": "Bookmarks", + "follow_requests": "Follow requests", + "direct_messages": "Direct messages", "local": "Local timeline", "public": "Public timeline", - "hashtag": "Hashtag", + "hashtag": "Hashtags", "search": "Search", "lists": "Lists", "members": "Members", "option": { "title": "Option", - "show_reblogs": "Show reblogs", + "show_reblogs": "Show boosts", "show_replies": "Show replies", "apply": "Apply" }, - "new_toot": "Toot", + "new_toot": "Publish", "reload": "Reload", "settings": "Settings" }, @@ -88,10 +88,10 @@ "general": { "title": "General", "toot": { - "title": "Toot", + "title": "Posts", "visibility": { - "description": "Customize default visibility of toot", - "notice": "This setting applies to only new toots, replies follow visibility of original toots", + "description": "Customize default visibility of post", + "notice": "This setting applies only to new posts; replies will follow the visibility of the original post.", "public": "Public", "unlisted": "Unlisted", "private": "Private", @@ -105,11 +105,11 @@ "timeline": { "title": "Timeline", "unread_notification": { - "title": "Unread Notification", + "title": "Unread notifications", "description": "Customize unread notifications for each timeline.", - "direct": "Direct Messages", - "local": "Local Timeline", - "public": "Public Timeline" + "direct": "Direct messages", + "local": "Local timeline", + "public": "Public timeline" }, "use_marker": { "title": "Load the timeline from the last reading position", @@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ }, "delete": { "title": "Delete", - "confirm": "Are you sure to delete this filter?", + "confirm": "Are you sure you want to delete this filter?", "confirm_ok": "Delete", "confirm_cancel": "Cancel" } @@ -157,21 +157,21 @@ "title": "General", "sounds": { "title": "Sounds", - "description": "Please set feedback sounds.", - "fav_rb": "When you favorite or boost the toot", - "toot": "When you post toot" + "description": "Play sounds when", + "fav_rb": "You favorite or boost a post", + "toot": "You make a post" }, "timeline": { "title": "Timeline", - "description": "Customize view in your timelines.", - "cw": "Always expand posts marked with contents warnings", - "nsfw": "Always show all media", - "hideAllAttachments": "Always hide all media" + "description": "Customize how your timelines are displayed", + "cw": "Always expand posts tagged with content warnings.", + "nsfw": "Always show media.", + "hideAllAttachments": "Always hide media." }, "other": { "title": "Other options", - "launch": "Launch app on login", - "hideOnLaunch": "Hide window on launch" + "launch": "Launch Whalebird on startup", + "hideOnLaunch": "Hide the Whalebird window on launch" }, "reset": { "button": "Reset preferences" @@ -199,13 +199,13 @@ "secondary_color": "Secondary font", "border_color": "Border", "header_menu_color": "Header menu", - "wrapper_mask_color": "Modal wrapper" + "wrapper_mask_color": "Dialog wrapper" }, "font_size": "Font size", "font_family": "Font family", - "toot_padding": "Padding around toots", + "toot_padding": "Padding around posts", "display_style": { - "title": "Display style of username", + "title": "Username display style", "display_name_and_username": "Display name and username", "display_name": "Display name", "username": "Username" @@ -217,23 +217,23 @@ } }, "notification": { - "title": "Notification", + "title": "Notifications", "enable": { - "description": "Please set notification events.", - "reply": "Notify me when I receive a reply", - "reblog": "Notify me when I receive a reblog", - "favourite": "Notify me when I receive a favourite", - "follow": "Notify me when I receive a follow", - "reaction": "Notify me when I receive a emoji reaction", - "follow_request": "Notify me when I receive a follow request", - "status": "Notify me when I receive a status notification", - "poll_vote": "Notify me when I receive a vote of poll", - "poll_expired": "Notify me when I receive a poll expired event" + "description": "Notify me when I receive...", + "reply": "Replies", + "reblog": "Boosts", + "favourite": "Favorites", + "follow": "New followers", + "reaction": "Emoji reactions", + "follow_request": "Follow requests", + "status": "Status notifications", + "poll_vote": "When someone votes in a poll", + "poll_expired": "When a poll expires" } }, "account": { "title": "Account", - "connected": "Connected Account", + "connected": "Connected accounts", "username": "Username", "domain": "Domain", "association": "Association", @@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ "network": { "title": "Network", "proxy": { - "title": "Proxy Configuration", + "title": "Proxy configuration", "no": "No proxy", "system": "Use system proxy", "manual": "Manual proxy configuration", @@ -275,31 +275,31 @@ }, "spellchecker": { "title": "Spellcheck", - "enabled": "Enable spellchecker" + "enabled": "Enable spell checker" } } }, "modals": { "new_toot": { - "title": "New Toot", + "title": "New post", "cw": "Write your warning here", - "status": "What is on your mind?", + "status": "What's on your mind?", "cancel": "Cancel", - "toot": "Toot", - "close_confirm": "Are you sure you want to discard this toot?", + "toot": "Publish", + "close_confirm": "Are you sure you want to discard this post?", "close_confirm_ok": "Discard", - "close_confirm_cancel": "Continue Editing", - "description": "Describe for the visually impaired", + "close_confirm_cancel": "Continue editing", + "description": "Add alternate text for this media", "footer": { "add_image": "Add images", "poll": "Add a poll", "change_visibility": "Change visibility", "change_sensitive": "Mark media as sensitive", - "add_cw": "Add content warning", - "pined_hashtag": "Pin the hashtag" + "add_cw": "Add content warnings", + "pined_hashtag": "Pin a hashtag" }, "poll": { - "add_choice": "Add a choice", + "add_choice": "Add an option", "expires": { "5_minutes": "5 minutes", "30_minutes": "30 minutes", @@ -315,15 +315,15 @@ "jump_to": "Jump to..." }, "add_list_member": { - "title": "Add Member to List", + "title": "Add member to List", "account_name": "Account name" }, "list_membership": { - "title": "List Memberships" + "title": "List memberships" }, "mute_confirm": { - "title": "Are you sure you want to mute?", - "body": "Hide notification from this user?", + "title": "Mute user", + "body": "Are you sure you want to mute notifications from this user?", "cancel": "Cancel", "ok": "Mute" }, @@ -331,25 +331,25 @@ "title": "Keyboard shortcuts", "ctrl_number": "Switch accounts", "ctrl_k": "Jump to other timelines", - "ctrl_n": "Open the new toot modal", - "ctrl_enter": "Post the toot", - "ctrl_r": "Reload current timeline", - "j": "Select the next toot", - "k": "Select the previous toot", + "ctrl_n": "Open the new post dialog", + "ctrl_enter": "Publish the post", + "ctrl_r": "Refresh current timeline", + "j": "Select the next post", + "k": "Select the previous post", "h": "Switch focus to the left column", "l": "Switch focus to the right column", - "r": "Reply to the toot", - "b": "Reblog the toot", - "f": "Favourite the toot", - "o": "Open details of the toot", - "p": "Open account profile of the toot", + "r": "Reply to the post", + "b": "Boost the post", + "f": "Favourite the post", + "o": "Open the post's details", + "p": "Display the profile of the post's author", "i": "Open the images", - "x": "Show/hide CW and NSFW", - "?": "Show this help", + "x": "Expand/hide content warned posts", + "?": "Show this dialog", "esc": "Close current page" }, "report": { - "title": "Reporting this user", + "title": "Report this user", "comment": "Additional comments", "cancel": "Cancel", "ok": "Report" @@ -360,20 +360,20 @@ "show_more": "Show more", "hide": "Hide", "sensitive": "Show sensitive content", - "view_toot_detail": "View Toot Detail", - "open_in_browser": "Open in Browser", - "copy_link_to_toot": "Copy Link to Toot", + "view_toot_detail": "View post details", + "open_in_browser": "Open in browser", + "copy_link_to_toot": "Copy post link", "mute": "Mute", "block": "Block", "report": "Report", "delete": "Delete", "via": "via {{application}}", "reply": "Reply", - "reblog": "Reblog", - "fav": "Favourite", - "detail": "Toot details", + "reblog": "Boost", + "fav": "Favorite", + "detail": "Post details", "bookmark": "Bookmark", - "pinned": "Pinned toot", + "pinned": "Pinned post", "poll": { "vote": "Vote", "votes_count": "votes", @@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ }, "open_account": { "title": "Account not found", - "text": "Could not find {{account}} in the server. Do you want to open the account in the browser instead?", + "text": "Could not find {{account}} on the server. Do you want to open the account in a browser instead?", "ok": "Open", "cancel": "Cancel" } @@ -402,13 +402,13 @@ "subscribe": "Subscribe this user", "unsubscribe": "Unsubscribe this user", "follow_requested": "Follow requested", - "open_in_browser": "Open in Browser", - "manage_list_memberships": "Manage List Memberships", + "open_in_browser": "Open in browser", + "manage_list_memberships": "Manage list memberships", "mute": "Mute", "unmute": "Unmute", "unblock": "Unblock", "block": "Block", - "toots": "Toots", + "toots": "Posts", "follows": "Follows", "followers": "Followers" } @@ -426,8 +426,8 @@ "search": "Search", "account": "Account", "tag": "Hashtag", - "keyword": "keyword", - "toot": "Toot" + "keyword": "Keyword", + "toot": "Post" }, "lists": { "index": { @@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ "delete": { "confirm": { "title": "Confirm", - "message": "This operation can not be undone, this list will be permanently deleted", + "message": "This list will be permanently deleted. Are you sure you want to continue?", "ok": "Delete", "cancel": "Cancel" } @@ -444,21 +444,21 @@ } }, "login": { - "domain_name_label": "First, let's log in to a Mastodon server. Please enter a server domain name.", - "proxy_info": "If you want to use proxy server, please setup your proxy in", + "domain_name_label": "Welcome to Whalebird! Enter a server domain name to log into an account.", + "proxy_info": "If you need to use a proxy server, please set it up", "proxy_here": " here", "search": "Search", "login": "Login" }, "authorize": { "manually_1": "An authorization page has opened in your browser.", - "manually_2": "If it has not opened, please go to the following URL manually.", - "code_label": "Please paste the authorization code from your browser:", + "manually_2": "If it has not yet opened, please go to the following URL manually:", + "code_label": "Enter your authorization code:", "misskey_label": "Please submit after you authorize in your browser.", "submit": "Submit" }, "receive_drop": { - "drop_message": "Drop to Upload a file" + "drop_message": "Drop here to attach a file" }, "message": { "account_load_error": "Failed to load accounts", @@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ "authorize_error": "Failed to authorize", "followers_fetch_error": "Failed to fetch followers", "follows_fetch_error": "Failed to fetch follows", - "toot_fetch_error": "Failed to fetch the toot detail", + "toot_fetch_error": "Failed to fetch the post details", "follow_error": "Failed to follow the user", "unfollow_error": "Failed to unfollow the user", "subscribe_error": "Failed to subscribe the user", @@ -485,22 +485,22 @@ "members_fetch_error": "Failed to fetch members", "remove_user_error": "Failed to remove the user", "find_account_error": "Account not found", - "reblog_error": "Failed to reblog", - "unreblog_error": "Failed to unreblog", + "reblog_error": "Failed to boost", + "unreblog_error": "Failed to unboost", "favourite_error": "Failed to favourite", "unfavourite_error": "Failed to unfavourite", "bookmark_error": "Failed to bookmark", "unbookmark_error": "Failed to remove bookmark", - "delete_error": "Failed to delete the toot", + "delete_error": "Failed to delete the post", "search_error": "Failed to search", - "toot_error": "Failed to toot", + "toot_error": "Failed to create the post", "update_list_memberships_error": "Failed to update the list memberships", "add_user_error": "Failed to add user", "authorize_url_error": "Failed to get authorize url", - "domain_confirmed": "{{domain}} is confirmed, please login", - "domain_doesnt_exist": "Failed to connect {{domain}}, make sure the server URL", + "domain_confirmed": "{{domain}} is confirmed, please log in", + "domain_doesnt_exist": "Failed to connect to {{domain}}, make sure the server URL is valid or correct.", "loading": "Loading...", - "language_not_support_spellchecker_error": "This language is not supported by Spellchecker", + "language_not_support_spellchecker_error": "This language is not supported by the spell checker", "update_filter_error": "Failed to update the filter", "create_filter_error": "Failed to create the filter" }, @@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ "domain_format": "Please only enter the domain name" }, "new_toot": { - "toot_length": "Toot length should be {{min}} to {{max}}", + "toot_length": "Post length should be between {{min}} and {{max}}", "attach_length": "You can only attach up to {{max}} image", "attach_length_plural": "You can only attach up to {{max}} images", "attach_image": "You can only attach images or videos", @@ -519,40 +519,40 @@ }, "notification": { "favourite": { - "title": "Favourite", - "body": "{{username}} favourited your status" + "title": "New favourite", + "body": "{{username}} favourited your post" }, "follow": { - "title": "Follow", + "title": "New follower", "body": "{{username}} is now following you" }, "follow_request": { - "title": "FollowRequest", - "body": "Receive a follow request from {{username}}" + "title": "New follow request", + "body": "Received a follow request from {{username}}" }, "reblog": { - "title": "Reblog", - "body": "{{username}} boosted your status" + "title": "New boost", + "body": "{{username}} boosted your post" }, "quote": { - "title": "Quote", - "body": "{{username}} quoted your status" + "title": "New quote", + "body": "{{username}} quoted your post" }, "reaction": { - "title": "Reaction", - "body": "{{username}} reacted your status" + "title": "New reaction", + "body": "{{username}} reacted to your post" }, "status": { - "title": "Status", - "body": "{{username}} just posted" + "title": "New reaction", + "body": "{{username}} made a new post" }, "poll_vote": { - "title": "PollVote", - "body": "{{username}} voted your poll" + "title": "New poll vote", + "body": "{{username}} voted in your poll" }, "poll_expired": { - "title": "PollExpired", - "body": "{{username}}'s poll is expired" + "title": "Poll expired", + "body": "{{username}}'s poll has ended" } } }