German translation: inconistent use of honorifics (Sie / Du)

[araccaine]

Before submitting

• I searched existing issues and this hasn't been reported
• I am on the latest available version

App Version

1.72

Android Version

16

Device

OnePlus 6

What happened?

The German translation is inconsistent: sometimes the formal form of address Sie is used, and sometimes the informal Du (see also wikipedia on this)

Steps to reproduce

See PR #268 where Sie was added.

Expected behavior

The form of address should be consistent.

How often does this happen?

Every time

Where in the game does this occur?

N/A

Relevant game state

No response

Logs or crash trace

Anything else?

If the tone of the game should be more "high-fantasy-like" or more "mediaeval", one could also use Ihr and Euch, which sounds quite archaic but fits a mediaeval setting quite nicely. But then all strings have to be adjusted.

IMHO a consistent use of either the informal Du or the fancy Ihr and Euch is preferred.

If you want I can start updating the translations accordingly (after you decided which form to use 😁)

[tristinbaker]

This isn't necessarily a bug as far as it is a translation issue. I speak no German, so if you wanted to update the translation, feel free to clone the repo, update the translation strings, and create a PR!

[araccaine]

Thanks for the quick answer :)

I wasn't sure whether this should be considered a bug. Maybe you could convert it into a discussion if that fits better?

I will start a PR as soon as I find time 🫡

[selki-latah]

So far, I've tried to translate the entire app into German. It seems the formal "Sie" slipped into the last "PR" by mistake.

A few passages could probably be translated even better or adapted to the app. A few errors should also be fixed.

Someone else has also created a PR to revise the translation again. That will remain an ongoing task. We can work together to figure out the correct form.

[araccaine]

Thx for your contribution so far!

I made a proposal in PR #292 and used Ihr and Euch instead. It is a work in progress but if you have any comments on what I already updated, feel free to comment in the PR :)

I will continue tomorrow evening. Time for sleep now.

[mh-tp]

Is anyone willing to share a fork repo to work on a language (with writing access), so multiple people could coordinate their commits? (For me it doesn't make sense to make a PR for a fork.)

Then I would contribute too, even if it only means to merge the newer commits of tristinbaker.

[araccaine]

I added you both to my fork, @mh-tp and @selki-latah

[araccaine]

Somehow the sync of the main branch does not work (GitHub acting up again?!). I will try it again tomorrow in order to get the latest translation strings from upstream. For the existing strings, I am halfway through src/main/res/values-de/strings_quests.xml and then only src/main/res/values-de/strings_skills.xml remains.

[araccaine]

Update regarding the sync issue: a friend Sent me this link¹, which resolves the issue.

The branch protection rule Require a pull request before merging was the culprit.

¹ https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/57289#discussioncomment-11556538