[QGIS-Developer] Override System Locale user interface with American English by Default?

[Mathieu Pellerin]

Quality translation is an issue indeed. But if we lower exposure to these
translations, we'll likely decrease the chance of those being improved
in the future.

+1 to the first launch proposal with link to invite ppl to help improve
things.


On Thu, Mar 24, 2022, 18:48 Alexandre Neto <senhor.neto at gmail.com> wrote:

> Following Alessandro advice, we could have a choice menu on the first QGIS
> launch, that would allow the user to select the GUI language. Maybe we
> could keep the system locale as default, but inform that the translation
> work may not be 100% accurate as it is done by volunteer work. We could add
> a link to transifex so the user can see the translation stats and even
> invite them to join the effort for better translations.
>
> My main problem is not the translation percentage, but its quality. At
> least in PT_pt, some folks just translate strings without caring about the
> context of the string, which ends up in very strange and nonsense.
>
> Thanks for your opinions
>
> Alex
>
> Mathieu Pellerin <nirvn.asia at gmail.com> escreveu no dia quinta,
> 24/03/2022 à(s) 11:39:
>
>> Could we not have some means to attach a quality value to each language
>> (eg at the very least % translated), and only force English on poorly
>> translated languages? I feel forcing English by default would be a
>> disservice to the part of the community that spends hours to translate QGIS.
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 24, 2022, 18:32 Alexandre Neto via QGIS-Developer <
>> qgis-developer at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Alessandro,
>>>
>>> Well, the option on first launch would be a much bettter solution. But
>>> probably more complicated. Any idea of how much man/hours would be needed
>>> to implement it?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Alex
>>>
>>> A quinta, 24/03/2022, 11:21, Alessandro Pasotti <apasotti at gmail.com>
>>> escreveu:
>>>
>>>> Hi Alexandre,
>>>>
>>>> it seems reasonable to me but I'd suggest adding a first-time notice
>>>> and an option for the user to actually set the system locale, maybe only
>>>> for the first QGIS launch.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Mar 24, 2022 at 12:12 PM Alexandre Neto via QGIS-Developer <
>>>> qgis-developer at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I have raised this before, but I wanted to ask for it again.
>>>>> Currently, QGIS default is not to Override System Locale and use the
>>>>> system's locale for User interface.
>>>>>
>>>>> If the system locale language happens to have good and reliable
>>>>> translations, this works well, but when the language is incomplete or
>>>>> poorly translated, this IMHO poses a problem.
>>>>>
>>>>> The European Portuguese translation is quite poor, with many errors
>>>>> and bad translations. In the end it is sometimes hard to work with the GUI
>>>>> in PT_pt. To me the bad thing is it looks bad on the project reputation and
>>>>> people (users) read it as a symptom of bad quality software, which is not
>>>>> the case.
>>>>>
>>>>> So, I wanted to suggest if we could have American english as the
>>>>> default for the GUI? Would this  be reasonable?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>> Alexandre Neto
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