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--- manual:about:translation [2015/09/09 15:41] – mstupka
+++ manual:about:translation [2017/10/06 17:15] (current) – [Locus Map translation] mstupka
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-===== Locus Map translation =====
+====== Locus Map translation ======
-==== Global ====
+Locus Map is available in many World languages. This is thanks to crowd-sourcing project **[[https://crowdin.com/project/menion|Crowdin.com]]** and **volunteering Locus Map users** from many countries who helpfully participate in it. Their only reward is the feeling they use an application they participate on.
-Locus Map has been translated into many World languages. The translating process is provided by crowdsourcing project **[[https://crowdin.com/project/menion|Crowdin.com]]** and Locus Map users from many countries. Anybody who is willing to help with translations is welcome!
-==== Plurals ====
-Crowdin.com is not able to handle **Android plural system** correctly. So you're directly translating XML source file instead of the text.
+**Are you willing to help us with translations too? WELCOME ABOARD!**
-It is also not possible to define which "quantity" identifiers you need, so as you can see, we had to define all six possibilities, even if they're often the same. But they're not of course the same in all languages.
+----
-What "quantity" means is in the table below. Complete description is [[http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/string-resource.html#Plurals|here >>]] if you're interested.
+===== Best UX practices =====
+Before you get to work, please read these basic premises of UX texts in Locus Map:
+==== Clear ====
+**Jargon free, offering context**
+  * don’t use technical terms (e.g. failure, invalid, database, authentication… etc.)
+  * pay attention to verbs as the most powerful words carrying action
+  * focus on the user
+==== Concise ====
+**Economical and frontloaded**
+  * write shortly and efficiently
+  * make sure every word on the screen has a distinct job
+  * put your important message first
+==== Positive ====
+**Respecting Locus Map’s brand voice**
+Locus Map is an application for people who use it mainly in their leisure time spent outdoors with **friends or family**. Locus Map wants to be **one of your friends**. It wants to be **reliable, helpful, dedicated, reassuring**. Therefore, it wants to express **casually, whimsically, even warmly** - just like **good friends do**.
+On the other hand, in case of an issue when **user can’t get what he wants** (out of GPS signal, missing routing data pack etc.), Locus does NOT mock the user - it always **tries to help**, not making fun of it - **never use negatives** like "never", "bad" etc.
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-          <table>
-            <tr><th>Value</th><th width="500px">Description</th></tr>
-            <tr>
-              <td><code>zero</code></td><td>When the language requires special treatment of the number 0 (as in Arabic).</td>
-            </tr>
-            <tr>
-              <td><code>one</code></td><td>When the language requires special treatment of numbers like one (as with the number 1 in English and most other languages; in Russian, any number ending in 1 but not ending in 11 is in this class).</td>
-            </tr>
-            <tr>
-              <td><code>two</code></td><td>When the language requires special treatment of numbers like two (as in Welsh).</td>
-            </tr>
-            <tr>
-              <td><code>few</code></td><td>When the language requires special treatment of "small" numbers (as with 2, 3, and 4 in Czech; or numbers ending 2, 3, or 4 but not 12, 13, or 14 in Polish).</td>
-            </tr>
-            <tr>
-              <td><code>many</code></td><td>When the language requires special treatment of "large" numbers (as with numbers ending 11-99 in Maltese).</td>
-            </tr>
-            <tr>
-              <td><code>other</code></td><td>When the language does not require special treatment of the given quantity.</td>
-            </tr>
-          </table>
-</html>
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