microsoft / microsoft/PowerToys

How bad can a translation be?

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Area-Localization Issue-Bug Issue-Translation Loc-Sent To Team Needs-Triage Product-Command Palette
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Description

### Microsoft PowerToys version

0.98.0

### Utility with translation issue

General

### 🌐 Language affected

Portuguese (Brazil)

### ❌ Actual phrase(s)

Just an example of bad pt-br translation in the Command Palette settings. (Despite my choice of English for the UI, settings are inexplicably in pt-br.)

"Retornar automaticamente para casa"
"Retorna automaticamente home page..."

### ✔️ Expected phrase(s)

"Retornar automaticamente à página inicial"
"Retorna automaticamente à página inicial..."

### ℹ Why is the current translation wrong

This is very incorrect. Nobody says "casa" (literally, "home" in Portuguese) for "home page". "Página inicial" (best), "início" or even "home page" itself would be better -- and the translation of "home page" is inconsistent between the title and the explanatory text. Also, "Retorna automaticamente home page" is critically missing "à".

Again, just one of many, many examples of a very bad job. I'm pretty sure I've already criticized these pt-br translations at least once before, maybe a couple of years back. At least please consider enforcing the Language option also in the settings!

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Start in the Command Palette settings and search the localization resources for the two reported Portuguese phrases. Replace them with the expected Brazilian Portuguese wording, then verify both the setting label and explanatory text display consistently and that the English UI choice is not affected.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Domain
desktop, localization
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
65/100

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