Settings naming discrepancies between English (US) and English (UK)

slizzap

Wasn't sure if anyone had reported this, but there are some odd discrepancies in the entire Settings menu between the English (United States) and English (United Kingdom) languages. This is weird enough that I want to just use the United Kingdom language which is proper and correct everywhere, but that in turns affects some of the default localization settings.

I've attached 2 screenshots. The top one is UK and the bottom one is US.

DUDU-Meng

slizzap
Translations are provided by community members from various countries. If you have better suggestions, please submit them here. Thank you.
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slizzap

DUDU-Meng
Per my screenshots above, I consider English (United Kingdom) to be the correct standard, and English (United States) should match it. I'm not recommending for someone to re-translate the Settings page, I'm simply saying you should duplicate/copy the text used for English (United Kingdom) over to the English (United States) language. They should both be the same.

Would you still recommend I post this request in the link you provided?

Thanks.

DUDU-Meng

slizzap
These distinctions were translated by British and American users themselves, not by us. If you find any translation issues, feel free to suggest improvements. We are not aware of the specific differences; they were all raised by users from various countries.

Mikescotland

slizzap not at all. In the UK we use "mobile" network and "mobile" phones, as well as Airplane Mode.
In the US they use "cellphone" and "cellular" network and "flight" mode. Using UK terms in the US sounds strange for them and the opposite way round. It doesn't matter what YOU consider to be correct but what US native speakers consider correct. And in this case it is perfectly correct for both versions. Same difference is in Spanish, between Spain and Latin America, movil vs cellular, and noone dares to say European Spanish is the only right one. We thankfully abandoned colonialism almost a century ago...
The translation and difference between UK and US English is correct in this case.
Regarding left side menu, it's just a mess caused by someone who was doing the template in US English, all lower case letters etc are just carelessness and looks like a alpha version of the interface with poor auto translation.
@DUDU-Meng

JhonnyD

There are to many that makes those translations.

slizzap

Mikescotland
Are you telling a US native that his terminology of the US in the US is incorrect? 🙂 Intended to be a friendly and not argumentative response, that did make me laugh. Below you'll find a screenshot of my phone using a US-based carrier. I've never used or known anyone to use the term "flight mode"...it's "Airplane mode", which is used by everyone including flight attendants. Mobile and cellular are generally used interchangeably, but officially you'll see it referenced as "Mobile" everywhere you look and see - settings, documentation, advertising, etc. In the screenshots I provided in my original post, everything in the UK settings screen is how it would also be used in the US. I would argue that outside of slang and units of measurement, UK and US language is "almost" entirely the same (leaving some wiggle room here). All I can definitively say is...there are many issues with the US English version of the Settings screen.

Variances in language aside, the primary issue I see in the US settings screen are all the things you called out at the bottom of your post....all spot on. It seems like there was quite a bit of carelessness as evidenced by the inconsistency with capitalization ("Wireless Connection" vs "wireless link") and phrasing ("Enabled" vs "Is Enabled"). "CANBUS" is not a US term. That's simply a technical term, and on a settings screen designed to cater to users of all skill levels, it really should be "Vehicle" as used in the English UK settings so that everyone understands what settings are contained within. Not to mention there are actually general settings here for the vehicle unrelated to CANBUS...it's just incorrect from a general standpoint unrelated to language differences.

My main point is that for the Settings screen, you could simply copy the English UK to the English US and call it a day. It's all correct from a US-based perspective. I'm a new user here. I've got a few days on my unit and just learning everything about it. I looked at the link that DUDU-Meng provided for the translations but at a glance it's not intuitive. I'd need to spend some time understanding the logic and structure, and then I'd be likely to spend some time updating the translations assuming that this would considered for inclusion...I'd like to understand how that works before I put time into it.

Thanks.

DUDU-Meng

slizzap
Thank you for your support. All interface translations are provided by the community. If you notice any inaccuracies, please feel free to submit suggestions via the link. Thank you.

Mikescotland

slizzap alright, alright, don't beat me up! 😂
Funny enough, my UK English phone says "flight mode", not "airplane mode", which would be consistent with the fact we don't use "airplane" but "aircraft".. And in Dudu it's actually the other way around...
Did you try to use UK English but try to find and change how locale should look like with your US strange way to put month before the day in dates? 😅 That should be in the android system settings.
And of course sorry if I offended you in any way (UK always apologises, for any small inconvenience!).
PS. I actually flew a British airline on Sunday. Please put your phones in "flight mode". 😎

slizzap

Mikescotland haha no offense at all...all good. That's funny that flight mode vs airplane mode seems to be backwards between the regions.

I don't want to take a chance on selecting English (UK) as my language for concern it will throw off Maps or other apps that automatically change settings based on region. While annoying to look at, I won't have to look at it much once this is dialed in and installed in my car. When I get time I'll see if I can submit change suggestions via the link DUDU-Meng provided and maybe that will get corrected in a future build.

Thanks.

Mikescotland

slizzap it won't change, or it will change only language in these apps (and date formats) . As confirmed by Dudu, language selection doesn't change the region, region selection in Dudu seems to be hardcoded (the option in the android system menu doesn't exist). We've discovered it when another user pointed petal maps don't work even if language and duduOS region is set correctly. DuduOS region is solely for driving stats in widgets.