Translation Strings - Universal Approach

YuriySamorodov

Configuration

Browser: Orion Browser

Version: 0.99.133.1-rc (WebKit 619.1.11.111.2)

Operating System: macOS Ventura 13.4 (22F66)

Language Setting: Russian

Issue Type: Localization/Translation

Current Issue

Based on the screenshots below, I noticed that the localization strings in Orion RC for blocked requests and trackers use a fixed grammatical structure that is good for English, but does no necessary adapt well across different languages.

Orion UI

Localazy site

https://localazy.com/p/orion-browser/phrases/1105/edit/_a8028217319800354324

As an example:

English: "requests have been blocked"
Russian: "запросы были заблокированы"

The second screenshot shows another related string:

Russian: "4 запросы были заблокированы" (4 requests were blocked)
Russian: "0 трекеры были предотвращены" (0 trackers were prevented)

This fixed structure creates translation challenges in languages with different grammatical rules for pluralization and sentence structure.

Proposed Solution

Implement a more universal localization string format that uses placeholders, allowing each language to properly structure the phrase according to its grammar rules:

{localization string}: {count}

Where:

{localization string} is a phrase from https://localazy.com/p/orion-browser/phrases/1105/edit/_a8028217319800354324
{count} is the numeric value reprsenting the number of blocked elements

Implementation Examples

English:

Blocked Requests: 1 / 2 / 3 / 100
Blocked Trackers: 1 / 2 / 3 / 100

Russian:

Заблокировано запросов: 1 / 2 / 3 / 100
Заблокировано трекеров: 1 / 2 / 3 / 100
This approach accommodates Russian's three plural forms and different verb conjugations based on the count, as well as similar grammatical patterns in other languages.

Alternative Approach

Update the localization system to use string interpolation with plural rules according to the CLDR (Common Locale Data Repository) standard, which many localization frameworks already support.

Example localization key structure:

blocked_requests={count, plural, 
  one {# request blocked} 
  other {# requests blocked}
}

blocked_trackers={count, plural, 
  one {# tracker blocked} 
  other {# trackers blocked}
}

For Russian, which has more complex plural rules:

blocked_requests={count, plural, 
  one {# запрос заблокирован} 
  few {# запроса заблокировано} 
  many {# запросов заблокировано}
  other {# запросов заблокировано}
}

This will significantly improve translation quality and user experience across all supported languages in the Orion RC browser.

Yannick

Thank you Yuriy