thunderbird/thunderbird-android

Grammatical error in German localization

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#7,917 opened on Jun 9, 2024

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Description

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App version

6.901

Where did you get the app from?

F-Droid

Android version

fp2_sibon-userdebug 1 23.02.0-rel0

Device model

Fairphone 2

Steps to reproduce

  1. Select any mail in "Sent"

Expected behavior

The correct German translation of "me" (indicating the mail was written by the current user) uses the dative case: "Mir" (or longer: "von mir") and not the the accusative case "Mich" that is currently used. Please adjust.

Yes, this means that it is not possible to use the same word for sender and recipient as is possible in English ("me"): (from me/to me). Sorry, but that is grammar, it's just not correct... Correct is "von mir/an mich".

So "mir" (dative) (longer: "von mir") would be correct.

Actual behavior

K-9 says "mich" (accusative). For received mail that would be correct ("an mich"). But not for mails written. "von mich" is really bad grammar.,,,

Logs

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Tech stack
kotlinandroid
Domain
mobileinternationalization
Issue type
bug
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
1
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under 1 hour
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fresh
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
clear
Prerequisites
German languageAndroid localization
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
95
Research direction
Locate the German strings.xml file (likely in app/src/main/res/values de/). Find the string resource for the sender label (e.g., 'from' or 'me'). Replace 'mich' with 'mir' to use dative case. Verify the change applies only to sent mail context and does not affect recipient strings.