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Native review wanted: machine-translated recording bar tooltips (14 locales) #913
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Native review wanted for #914 and #915 as well
Tooltips rewritten in #914 (long tail) and #915 (editor) are machine-translated too. A second AI pass reviewed them and fixed 10 + 20 strings, but no native speaker has read them. Same steps as above, in
launch.json,editor.json,settings.jsonandtimeline.json.Strings the second pass was least sure about, by locale
- ar:
settings.effects.roundnessFrameHelp("أكبر استدارة تبدو جيدة" is literal).settings.facets.tips.effects(the existing Padding label "المسافة البادئة" means a text indent).editor.chat.rewindTip("إعادة الضبط" reads as "reset"). - cs:
editor.inspector.editClipTip(crop and trim share "oříznutí" in the existing labels). - de: none.
- es:
editor.inspector.editClipTip(crop and trim share "recorte"). - fr:
settings.effects.roundnessFrameHelp("l'arrondi le plus fort qui reste beau"). - it:
editor.preview.webcamPreview,timeline.buttons.addCameraFullscreen,settings.facets.tips.layout("fotocamera", "camera" and "webcam" are all used in the locale). - ja-JP: none.
- ko-KR:
settings.transcript.correctedWord(rewritten, check it reads well).editor.mediaStage.regenerateTip("받아씁니다" vs "전사" in settings). - pt-BR:
editor.inspector.editClipTip(crop "corte" and trim "recorte" are close). - ru:
editor.inspector.editClipTip(crop and trim share "обрезка").editor.chat.compactContext("Обобщить" for summarize). - tr:
editor.rec.editableCursorTip(dangling "ile").settings.effects.roundnessFrameHelp("en belirgin" vs "en yüksek").editor.inspector.editClipTip(crop and trim share "kırpma"). - vi:
editor.preview.webcamPreview("máy ảnh" means a still camera).editor.inspector.editClipTip("cắt xén" chosen for crop, "cắt" is trim). - zh-CN, zh-TW:
timeline.buttons.addTrim(剪辑 / 剪輯 is the existing trim label and also means "edit").
- ar:
I've opened #1077 for the Simplified Chinese (zh-CN) wording review, including the HUD tooltips and the follow-up strings from #914 and #915.
The changes replace literal phrasing with more natural Chinese, distinguish the recording bar from the system tray, and clarify camera, transcript and chat tooltips. Trim regions now use “删减区间” consistently across the timeline, inspector and shortcuts, while spatial cropping keeps “裁剪”. The matching Chinese recording documentation is updated too. Translation keys and interpolation placeholders are unchanged.
Local validation passed the locale-key check, all 121 i18n tests, the zh-CN JSON format checks and a comparison of placeholders in every changed string. The PR is currently a draft: a registry connection reset interrupted full dependency installation, so full typechecks/build and in-app visual verification are not claimed.
AI assistance, including the Humanizer skill, was used to prepare the wording and contribution. Further native-speaker feedback is welcome. This covers zh-CN only; the other locales remain open for review.
The recording bar (HUD) tooltips were rewritten in #912. The English is the source of truth. The 14 other locales were machine-translated by an AI agent and reviewed by a second one; they have not been read by a native speaker. Native reviewers are welcome.
How to help
src/i18n/locales/<locale>/launch.jsonand read the strings changed by feat(hud): rewrite the recording bar tooltips #912 (git diffof that PR shows them, or look at thetooltips,cursor,recordinganddeviceSettingsentries).technical-documentation/engineering/tooltips.md: keep{{placeholders}}as they are, keep each string short (it has to fit a tooltip about 260 px wide), and reuse the terms the locale already uses.npm run i18n:check, then open a PR.Locales (tick when a native speaker has reviewed it)
Strings the reviewer was least sure about
hideHUDTip(the words for "system tray" are a literal rendering),camera(the verb is a best guess).camera("calque" is Photoshop vocabulary).restartRecording,cancelRecording,openStudioare in noun style.cursor.systemTipis a little redundant.editor.jsonsays "Автомасштабирование".editor.jsonmixes "editör" and "düzenleyici"; the majority was followed.More tooltips will follow in later PRs (editor toolbar, top bar, inspector, Record mode); this issue can track them too.