[French Translation] Part 2 of n (n is unknown 🤣)

[ldmpub]

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For reference: first PR was #417

[ldmpub]

Note for myself
PR automatically closed after branch renamed from ldmpub-fr-review-2 to ldmpub-fr-review ; then branch / old name restored => no data loss but this PR remains "closed" 😕.

[Razeeman]

Cont from #417 (comment)

Thanks a lot for your detailed review of this Merge Request 🙏.

Several general remarks:

1. french translation of the app is yet of poor quality despite your awareness
2. to ease and improve translation you may have a look to online translation tools. I personally strongly recommend using Weblate (link to my profile) ; Weblate offers a "free hosted solution" for FOSS project and is quite easy to operate with GitHub
3. Question: is there a quick and easy way to get an updated apk to check new translations in context running the app?
4. Personally, and since several years !, I'm trying to find an Android app to track my time during "my business" ... I will give this app a try during Q1 2026 but I already miss an easy way to track "vacation days".

1. Agree, I used Google Translate for a lot of strings, so it's not good.
2. Weblate would be great, need to look into it.
3. Should be possible to build apk from github actions here https://github.com/Razeeman/Android-SimpleTimeTracker/actions/workflows/github_build.yml by clicking on "run workflow". It may not build because there are some apostrophes in this PR that need to be escaped with slash.
4. Depends on what do you want to do with vacations data later? The easiest way would be to create an activity " Vacation" and track it.

[ldmpub]

Hi,

Regarding your answer: "3. Should be possible to build apk from github actions here https://github.com/Razeeman/Android-SimpleTimeTracker/actions/workflows/github_build.yml by clicking on "run workflow". It may not build because there are some apostrophes in this PR that need to be escaped with slash."

3.1 Using escape character should be handled (automatically) in an other way ... translator shouldn't be annoyed by this kind of "technical constraint"😕. What do you think?
3.2 At https://github.com/Razeeman/Android-SimpleTimeTracker/actions/workflows/github_build.yml, I can not see how to run the workflow (it looks like this job has never been launched before), do I miss something / an authorization in the current repo ? In my own repo the job failed to run => see

[ldmpub]

Regarding answer "4. Depends on what do you want to do with vacations data later? The easiest way would be to create an activity " Vacation" and track it."
That's what I'm doing but I need to work more on my knowledge of the app to change tracking units depending on activities (track Work duration is in minutes, track Vacation duration should be in Days)

[Razeeman]

3.1 Using escape character should be handled (automatically) in an other way ... translator shouldn't be annoyed by this kind of "technical constraint"😕. What do you think?

Would be cool, unfortunately I don't know if Android development tools has this kind of automation.

3.2 At https://github.com/Razeeman/Android-SimpleTimeTracker/actions/workflows/github_build.yml, I can not see how to run the workflow (it looks like this job has never been launched before), do I miss something / an authorization in the current repo ? In my own repo the job failed to run => see

It hasn't been run for a long time, and got broken, and was failing. Should be working now in dev branch. After the successful run, there will be an artifact available for download.

That's what I'm doing but I need to work more on my knowledge of the app to change tracking units depending on activities (track Work duration is in minutes, track Vacation duration should be in Days)

There is a duration format option, but it is global for all activities unfortunately.

[Razeeman]

Also can I mention you in the app as a translator and what name should be used for this?

[ldmpub]

Also can I mention you in the app as a translator and what name should be used for this?

No mention yet before I have performed a full review of the app translation and before I become, hopefully, a daily user of the app🤞.

[Razeeman]

Sounds good. How about this one?

Show untracked time only within the selected range.

"Consider" is a bit ambiguous it seems.

I'll change it on the main branch and translate other languages through chatgpt.

[ldmpub]

Perfect 👍.

[ldmpub]

Hi,

Please find my final proposal tested in the app itself (thanks to the easy "build workflow" 👍)

It may not be perfect but far much better.

Ready to discuss these changes (remarks may lead to add new translation strings, change of source / english string and even UI rework 😉).

[Razeeman]

Great work! Left few comments to discuss.

[ldmpub]

Full review done: changes or comments.

It's very hard for me to navigate between comment while seeing the english XML, the old "french" one and the new one (my suggestions). Any advice to easy my work?

[Razeeman]

Unfortunately not sure there is an easier way than opening several files side by side.

[Razeeman]

If you don't mind I'll merge and fix some inconsistencies in dev. Also will mention you in translators as "Nam". Please leave a comment if another name should be used for this.

[ldmpub]

Hi,

Fine, use the username you want Nam / Ldmpub ... or something else 😂.

What do you mean by "fix some inconsistencies in dev"?

[Razeeman]

There are few unresolved issues left, I assumed you have no time to look into them.

[Razeeman]

Made some changes.

<string name="change_record_type_categories_empty">Aucune catégorie modifiée</string>
to
<string name="change_record_type_categories_empty">Aucune catégorie définie</string>

<string name="running_records_types_empty">Bienvenue. Pour commencer, ajoutez les activités que vous souhaitez enregistrer. Appuyez sur le bouton \'%s\' pour créer une activité personnalisée ou sur \'%s\' pour créer une activité à partir d\'un modèle.</string>
to
<string name="running_records_types_empty">Pour commencer, ajoutez les activités que vous souhaitez enregistrer. Appuyez sur le bouton \'%s\' pour créer une activité personnalisée ou sur \'%s\' pour créer une activité à partir d\'un modèle.</string>

<string name="data_edit_change_activity">Basculer</string>
to
<string name="data_edit_change_activity">Modifier l\'activité</string>

<string name="shortcut_navigation_timers">Gérer et chronométrer les activités</string>
to
<string name="shortcut_navigation_timers">Chronomètres</string>

<string name="shortcut_navigation_records">Historique des enregistrements</string>
to
<string name="shortcut_navigation_records">Enregistrements</string>

[Razeeman]

Thank you very much for the help!

[ldmpub]

I will have a look this weekend.

Is there an estimated time for next app release on Google play including this new french translation?

[Razeeman]

Probably this weekend or the next one.

[ldmpub]

Thanks for our collaboration.

Eager to use, daily, the new version of the app 😉.

<string name="data_edit_change_activity">Modifier l\'activité</string> is correct but I'm not sure how it will be displayed 'in" a button.

[ldmpub]

I have some app improvements to suggest (most of them about UI) ... I will create issues for discussion.