504257 - Japanese translation of “Updated” in the add-on details page

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(addons.mozilla.org Graveyard :: Localization, defect)

Description

[fcp]

Attachment: Screenshot of https://preview.addons.mozilla.org/ja/firefox/addon/16

On the Japanese version of the add-on details page, the localizable string addons_home_browse_updated (“Updated” in en-US) is translated to “最近更新されたアドオン”, which means “the add-on(s) which was/were updated recently.”

It might be tempting to change this to “更新日” (the date of update).  However, unfortunately we cannot change the translation of addons_home_browse_updated alone because this string is used also in the top page together with several other localizable strings.  Uh-oh.

This only applies to AMO 5.0.7 and not to AMO 5.0.6 because in 5.0.6, this string was not used in the add-on details page.

I can only think of two ways to solve this, and neither seems simple enough to apply hastily.  Considering that AMO 5.0.7 is expected to be released today, I do not think that this can be fixed for AMO 5.0.7.  Hopefully, this is not a big problem because it is easy to guess that the date written there is the date when the add-on was last updated.

Solution 1:
Change the ja translation of addons_home_browse_updated to “更新日”, and change the ja translations of the related strings (addons_home_browse_new, addons_home_browse_popular and addons_home_browse_recommended) accordingly.  My suggestions are:
- addons_home_browse_new
  -> 追加日 (the date of addition) or 登録日 (the date of registration)
- addons_home_browse_popular -> 人気 (popular/popularity)
- addons_home_browse_recommended -> おすすめ (recommended/recommendation)
- addons_home_browse_updated -> 更新日 (the date of update)
BUT: According to messages.po, addons_home_browse_recommended is used also in two other places, and I have not checked if this translation is correct there.

Solution 2:
Split addons_home_browse_updated so that it can be translated differently in the top page and in the add-on details page.  This will require modifications to the code and to the po files of the other locales, too.

I prefer solution 1 because the repetition of “アドオン” (add-ons) in the four related strings in the top page look redundant anyway.  However, I am not sure because I do not know why they are translated as they are now.

Comment 1

[Kohei Yoshino [:kohei]]

I think the addons_home_browse_updated string should not be reused on the add-on details page. It may cause the same problem with other locales.

For Japanese, fcp-san's solution 1 will work out. I just committed the change as r29827 and preview.a.m.o to be updated soon.

Thanks for the report!

Comment 2

[fcp]

Verified fixed on preview.addons.mozilla.org.

(In reply to comment #0)
> BUT: According to messages.po, addons_home_browse_recommended is used also in
> two other places, and I have not checked if this translation is correct there.

In addition, verified that the change of addons_home_browse_recommended did not do harm to the other two places:
* https://preview.addons.mozilla.org/ja/firefox/browse/type:2
* https://preview.addons.mozilla.org/ja/firefox/browse/type:4

Thanks!