Questions about a few AppData strings in Tokodon

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Hi!

While translating org.kde.tokodon.appdata.xml into Basque, I noticed a few places where the original text seems ambiguous or contains small grammar mistakes. Could you please clarify whether these are intentional?

  1. “configuration popup”

When discarding your draft, a configuration popup will prevent you from deleting your post by mistake.

Does “configuration popup” really mean a configuration dialog, or was something like “confirmation popup/dialog” intended?

  1. “This release improve the post composer…”

This release improve the post composer, making it possible to add alternative text for screen readers and generally the experience more reliable. Aside from that it is not possible to edit your post, see all your bookmarks and favorite posts and much more.

This paragraph seems to contain a few issues:

  • improve → improves?

  • ...and generally the experience more reliable. — it looks as if a verb is missing (perhaps “…making the experience more reliable”?).

  • it is not possible — should this be it is now possible, or should not simply be removed?

  1. “This also improve the look of the reaction buttons…”

This also improve the look of the reaction buttons and improve the layout of the timeline.

Should both verbs be improves?

  1. “Add support for cards”

Add support for cards

Could you clarify what “cards” refers to in this context? For example, does it mean Mastodon link preview cards (PreviewCard), or something else? Knowing the exact concept helps translators choose the most appropriate terminology.

  1. “…leave note about an account and all the profile information.”

…leave note about an account and all the profile information.

This sentence appears to be incomplete. Is a verb missing before “all the profile information” (for example, view)?

  1. “First beta release of Tokodon, with most basic feature working…”

First beta release of Tokodon, with most basic feature working…

Should this be “with most basic features working” or perhaps “with most of the basic features working”?

Thank you! These clarifications will help translators choose the correct wording across all languages.

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If you spot typo/errors in the appData file, you can make a MR org.kde.tokodon.appdata.xml · master · Network / Tokodon · GitLab to fix it.
You will then engage a discussion with the developers, which might miss this post.

In the file you can also find other translations, that can be used as an alternate point of reference.

Translating an application might imply testing it.

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That does indeed mean “confirmation popup/dialog”.

That sounds more correct to me!

Yes, something along the lines of “the composer feels more reliable” or “is more reliable” woudl work.

Yup, it should really mean “it’s now possible to edit your post, see your bookmarks…”

Correct.

This I’m not actually certain about :grimacing: But this is also a release from 2022 which is ages ago.

Another one I’m unsure about, but I would feel safe editing that to say “view all profile information”

Yes, either of your suggestions would work.

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Thank you very much for the clarifications!

Based on your feedback, I’ve opened a merge request titled “Fix grammar issues in AppData release notes” to fix the confirmed grammar issues and ambiguous wording in the AppData release notes.

I left the “cards” wording unchanged, since its exact meaning is still uncertain.

Thanks again for taking the time to clarify these points. This will help improve the translations for all languages.