[I18N] Variable makes translation difficult

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Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
frontend, internationalization

Research direction

Start in src/components/GeneralSettingsSection.vue at lines 218 and 235, then inspect other uses of the mode variable and the translation keys. Separate the complete and partial wording where needed so Hungarian translations can control capitalization, while preserving the existing meanings and uses elsewhere.

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Description

There are these two strings:
https://github.com/nextcloud/backup/blob/0776f9df3de2f808ca94bed1502675409edf1f52/src/components/GeneralSettingsSection.vue#L218
and
https://github.com/nextcloud/backup/blob/0776f9df3de2f808ca94bed1502675409edf1f52/src/components/GeneralSettingsSection.vue#L235

AFAIK the {mode} can be complete or partial, and these variables are used elsewhere too, and this makes translation difficult in Hungarian, as {mode} will be the first word of the translation, so I'd need these with capitalized first letters, but it I do that, it'll break at other places.

If possible, this should not be a variable in the i18n string, but spelt out in two different strings.

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