Automattic / Automattic/simplenote-android

Same label for opening trash and trashing a note leads to wrong translation

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Description

- The main hamburger button (☰ on top left) has a "Trash" entry, which leads to the list of deleted notes
- while inside a note, the option button (⋮ on top right) has a "Trash" entry, which deletes the currently opened note

### Expected
Since the two concepts are different ("trash" as an object/noun and "trash" as an action/verb), the menu entries are expected to be translated with two different words, in languages that don't use the same word for these two concepts.

### Observed
Both entries are translated with the same word, which in English is ok, but in most other languages causes the translation to be unsuitable to one of the two uses.

Device Make: Samsung
Device Model: Galaxy S8
Android Version: 9
Simplenote Version: 2.23 (148)
Language: Italian

### Suggestion
This is probably caused by the use of the same "translation placeholder" in both cases, since a search for "trash" in the translation website only returns one result ( https://translate.wordpress.com/projects/simplenote/android/-all-translations/67913/ ).

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Research direction

Search the Android source and translation entries for the shared "Trash" placeholder, then compare its use in the hamburger menu and the note option menu. Done means the two contexts have separate translatable labels so languages can distinguish the trash list from the trash action.

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Assessment

Tech stack
android, java
Domain
localization
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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