i18n: de/fr/it leave the admin sidebar, admin page ledes/hints, file-type subtitles and sidebar section headers in English; accents stripped ("Uebersicht", "Apercu", "elements")

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2026-09-23 10:29:14 +00:00

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Found by the #656 QA pass, §3 UI consistency audit (v0.6.247, files). The language was switched via Appearance, a per-browser pref.

Style-guide rule (Voice): "All four languages ship together: en, de, fr, it — a surface with fewer is unfinished."

Method: I captured the visible text of 8 surfaces in en, switched language, and listed the strings that stayed byte-identical (excluding names, paths and product nouns). Surfaces: Personal/_qa, Shares, admin Overview, Sharing policy, Deleted files, Users/accounts, OCM servers, Peering.

Untranslated in all three of de, fr, it:

Admin sidebar, every topic: Instance · Basic settings · Storage & quotas · Retention & holds · Locks · Deleted files · Audit log · Updates · Document editor · Users & access · Encryption & keys · Sharing · Spaces · Licensing (Cairn Peering and Open Cloud Mesh are arguably product names).
Admin page titles and ledes: "Sharing" (the h1), "Who may share files — with people here or by link — …", "Everything on this instance at a glance.", "What happens to files after someone deletes them…", "Where accounts and administrators come from…", "Standing relationships with other Cairn instances…", "Federate with Nextcloud, ownCloud…".
Setting hints under translated labels: on Sharing → Policy the labels are translated ("Öffentliche Freigabelinks", "Liens de partage publics") but the explanation under each stays English: "People here can create links that open without a Cairn account…", "Every new link must carry a password…", "Directory links that let someone outside…", "Applies to new directory shares…".
File browser sidebar: section headers "SHARED", "THIS INSTANCE" and the "Storage" meter label (fr; de and it show the same, it also has "Spaces" and "Deleted files").
File-type subtitles (fr): "PDF document", "PNG image", "DOCX document". Only some are localised ("XLSX feuille de calcul", "BIN fichier", "MD texte").

Transliterated instead of accented: de "Uebersicht" (Übersicht), fr "Apercu" (Aperçu), fr "0 elements" / "2 elements" (éléments). The strings appear to have been written ASCII-only.

No raw i18n keys (camelCase key names) appeared on any surface, and no overflow was detected on buttons, tabs or badges in the three languages.

Screenshots: 692-i18n-de-admin.jpg (German labels, English hints and sidebar), 692-i18n-fr-admin.jpg ("Apercu"; English hints), 692-i18n-fr-files.jpg ("SHARED", "THIS INSTANCE", "0 elements", "PDF document").

Found by the #656 QA pass, §3 UI consistency audit (v0.6.247, files). The language was switched via Appearance, a per-browser pref. **Style-guide rule (Voice):** "All four languages ship together: en, de, fr, it — a surface with fewer is unfinished." **Method:** I captured the visible text of 8 surfaces in `en`, switched language, and listed the strings that stayed byte-identical (excluding names, paths and product nouns). Surfaces: Personal/_qa, Shares, admin Overview, Sharing policy, Deleted files, Users/accounts, OCM servers, Peering. **Untranslated in all three of de, fr, it:** - **Admin sidebar, every topic:** Instance · Basic settings · Storage & quotas · Retention & holds · Locks · Deleted files · Audit log · Updates · Document editor · Users & access · Encryption & keys · Sharing · Spaces · Licensing (Cairn Peering and Open Cloud Mesh are arguably product names). - **Admin page titles and ledes:** "Sharing" (the h1), "Who may share files — with people here or by link — …", "Everything on this instance at a glance.", "What happens to files after someone deletes them…", "Where accounts and administrators come from…", "Standing relationships with other Cairn instances…", "Federate with Nextcloud, ownCloud…". - **Setting hints under translated labels:** on Sharing → Policy the *labels* are translated ("Öffentliche Freigabelinks", "Liens de partage publics") but the explanation under each stays English: "People here can create links that open without a Cairn account…", "Every new link must carry a password…", "Directory links that let someone outside…", "Applies to new directory shares…". - **File browser sidebar:** section headers "SHARED", "THIS INSTANCE" and the "Storage" meter label (fr; de and it show the same, it also has "Spaces" and "Deleted files"). - **File-type subtitles (fr):** "PDF document", "PNG image", "DOCX document". Only some are localised ("XLSX feuille de calcul", "BIN fichier", "MD texte"). **Transliterated instead of accented:** de "**Uebersicht**" (Übersicht), fr "**Apercu**" (Aperçu), fr "0 **elements**" / "2 elements" (éléments). The strings appear to have been written ASCII-only. No raw i18n keys (camelCase key names) appeared on any surface, and no overflow was detected on buttons, tabs or badges in the three languages. **Screenshots:** `692-i18n-de-admin.jpg` (German labels, English hints and sidebar), `692-i18n-fr-admin.jpg` ("Apercu"; English hints), `692-i18n-fr-files.jpg` ("SHARED", "THIS INSTANCE", "0 elements", "PDF document").