778782 - 'mobile' can have different meanings on AMO and Marketplace

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

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

Description

[Fernando Pereira Silveira]

Strictly, 'mobile' is not a noun, but an adjective, so using this word as a noun and then translate it into another language can be tricky depending on the context.

On AMO, 'mobile' usually refers to Firefox Mobile, especially if we're talking about add-ons.

On Marketplace, 'mobile' refers to any mobile device, so in many languages, Portuguese included, this word should be translated differently.

Unfortunately the same string (I mean string, not word) is used for both contexts most of the time, causing inconsistency on some languages.

I propose to use a new marketplace specific string for 'mobile' word, so 'mobile' can be translated differently on AMO and Marketplace.

This issue has a big impact on pt-BR Marketplace locale, since the way AMO is translated right now makes no sense on almost every Marketplace search result (search filters).

Comment 1

[Fernando Pereira Silveira]

I forgot about this bug. This issue was discussed on dev.l10n.web[1] mail list, probably solved.
Also, Firefox Marketplace design has changed; I don't see any inconsistency anymore.


[1] https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!searchin/mozilla.dev.l10n.web/mobile$20context/mozilla.dev.l10n.web/1Fwta2y4Ti0/vk96v2s1kx0J

Comment 2

[Matt Basta [:basta]]

As of this very moment, the word "Mobile" does not appear anywhere on the new Firefox Marketplace, so this is exclusively an AMO issue.

Comment 3

[Fernando Pereira Silveira]

closing this bug due to comment #1