refactor(i18n): polish English UI texts and unify tone across app

core/messages/about/en.ts

@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ import { i18n } from '../../i18n.ts'
 
 export const aboutMessages = i18n('about', {
   opensource:
-    'This app is open source. Every developer or LLM can check the app really do what we promise you.',
+    'This app is open source. Anyone, including developers and LLMs, can see exactly how it works and verify our promises.',
   pageTitle: 'About',
   reportIssue: 'Report an issue',
   version: 'App version',
-  viewSources: 'View app sources'
+  viewSources: 'View source code'
 })

core/messages/add/en.ts

@@ -3,15 +3,14 @@ import { i18n } from '../../i18n.ts'
 export const addMessages = i18n('add', {
   add: 'Subscribe to feed',
   edit: 'Edit',
-  invalidUrl: 'URL has an mistake, please check it',
+  invalidUrl: 'There seems to be a mistake in the URL. Please check it.',
   noResults:
-    'Feeds were not found on this website.\n\n' +
-    'Please check URL and [open an issue] if it’s correct.',
-  search: 'Search for feed',
+    'No feeds were found on this website.\n\n' +
+    'Please check the URL or [open an issue] if it looks correct.',
   searchGuide:
-    'For now we support RSS and Mastodon.\n\n' +
-    'More sources are coming, but you can use RSS wrappers for them.',
-  title: 'Add',
+    'Currently, Slow Reader supports RSS and Mastodon.\n\n' +
+    'Support for more sources is coming soon, but you can already use RSS wrappers for them.',
+  title: 'Add feed',
   unloadable: 'Can’t open this website',
-  urlLabel: 'Web page URL or social account handle'
+  urlLabel: 'Web page URL or social media handle'
 })

core/messages/auth/en.ts

@@ -7,34 +7,34 @@ export const authMessages = i18n('auth', {
   createAccount: 'Create cross-device account',
   customServer: 'Use my own server',
   email: params(
-    '// Send this email to yourself\n// If you will forget password, you will search by it here\n\nUser ID: {user}\nSecret: {secret}'
+    '// Send this email to yourself\n// If you forget your password, you can search for it later here\n\nUser ID: {user}\nSecret: {secret}'
   ),
-  localDescription1: 'Slow Reader works locally.',
+  localDescription1: 'Slow Reader works right on your device. No account needed.',
   localDescription2:
-    'You can create account later when you will need cross-device sync.',
-  login: 'Login into existing account',
-  newUser: 'New user',
+    'You can create an account later to sync across devices.',
+  login: 'Log in',
+  newUser: 'Get started locally',
   noRecoveryDesc:
-    'The app uses end-to-end encryption. But if you will lose your password, nobody will be able to decrypt it.',
-  noRecoveryTitle: 'We don’t have password recovery',
-  oldUser: 'Existing user',
+    'Slow Reader uses end-to-end encryption. If you lose your password, no one will be able to decrypt your data.',
+  noRecoveryTitle: 'No password recovery',
+  oldUser: 'Sign in to your account',
   payWarning:
-    'After the beta we will fund development by small monthly subscription for using server. Self-hosted solution will be free.',
+    'After the beta, a small monthly subscription will support server development. Self-hosted use will stay free.',
   randomNote:
-    'We are using random user ID for privacy to make it harder to connect user with real person',
-  regenerateCredetials: 'Re-generate',
-  savedPromise: 'I saved user ID and secret',
+    'A random user ID is used for privacy. It makes it harder to link your account to your identity.',
+  regenerateCredentials: 'Regenerate credentials',
+  savedPromise: 'I’ve saved my User ID and Secret',
   savePassword: 'Save your password',
   secret: 'Secret',
   server: 'Custom server',
-  signingIn: 'Sending sign-in form',
-  signingUp: 'Creating user',
-  signup: 'Create user on the server',
-  signupTitle: 'Sign Up',
+  signingIn: 'Signing in…',
+  signingUp: 'Creating account…',
+  signup: 'Create account on the server',
+  signupTitle: 'Sign up',
   start: 'Start local app',
   startTitle: 'Start',
   title: 'No account in this browser yet',
   toEmail: 'Email password to myself',
   userId: 'User ID',
-  userIdTaken: 'This user ID was taken'
+  userIdTaken: 'This User ID is already taken'
 })

core/messages/common/en.ts

@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ export const commonMessages = i18n('common', {
   brokenCategory: 'Broken category',
   empty: 'The value is required',
   generalCategory: 'General',
-  internalError: 'The app crashed, try again later when we’ll fix it',
-  invalidCredentials: 'There is no user with such user ID and password',
-  invalidSecret: 'Secret should have 2 words by 10 symbols',
-  invalidServer: 'Is not valid domain',
-  invalidUrl: 'Doesn’t look like web page address',
-  invalidUserId: 'User ID should contain 16 numbers',
-  loading: 'Loading',
-  networkError: 'Can’t reach server, check your network',
+  internalError: 'The app crashed. Please try again later while we fix it.',
+  invalidCredentials: 'No user found with this User ID and password',
+  invalidSecret: 'Secret must contain two words of 10 characters each',
+  invalidServer: 'This doesn’t look like a valid domain',
+  invalidUrl: 'This doesn’t look like a valid web address',
+  invalidUserId: 'User ID must contain 16 digits',
+  loading: 'Loading…',
+  networkError: 'Can’t reach the server. Please check your internet connection.',
   openPost: 'Open post'
 })

core/messages/export/en.ts

@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ export const exportMessages = i18n('export', {
   exportFeeds: 'Export feeds',
   exportPosts: 'Export posts',
   exportTitle: 'Export',
-  noPosts: 'No posts',
+  noPosts: 'No posts yet',
   selectFeeds: 'Select feeds',
-  submitInternal: 'Export to internal',
-  submitOPML: 'Export to OPML',
+  submitInternal: 'Export to internal storage',
+  submitOPML: 'Export as OPML file',
   type: 'Feed type'
 })

core/messages/fast/en.ts

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import { i18n } from '../../i18n.ts'
 
 export const fastMessages = i18n('fast', {
-  noPosts: 'No posts',
+  noPosts: 'No posts yet',
   pageTitle: 'Fast reading',
-  readLast: 'Mark read',
-  readNext: 'Mark read and load next',
+  readLast: 'Mark as read',
+  readNext: 'Mark as read and load next',
   showNext: 'Show next'
 })

core/messages/import/en.ts

@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@ import { i18n } from '../../i18n.ts'
 
 export const importMessages = i18n('import', {
   allFeeds: 'All feeds',
-  failedParseJSONError: 'Failed to parse JSON or invalid structure',
+  failedParseJSONError: 'Couldn’t parse JSON or the structure is invalid',
   formatError: 'Unsupported file format',
   importTitle: 'Import',
   invalidJSONError: 'Invalid JSON structure',
-  loadError: 'Failed to load the following feeds',
-  loadProccess: 'Importing',
-  OPMLError: 'File is not in OPML format',
+  loadError: 'Failed to load the following feeds:',
+  loadProcess: 'Importing…',
+  OPMLError: 'The file is not in OPML format',
   selectFeeds: 'Select feeds',
   type: 'import type'
 })

core/messages/navbar/en.ts

@@ -1,25 +1,25 @@
 import { i18n } from '../../i18n.ts'
 
 export const navbarMessages = i18n('navbar', {
-  about: 'About the App',
+  about: 'About the app',
   add: 'Add feed',
   back: 'Back',
-  connectingStatus: 'Connecting',
-  download: 'Feed Loading',
+  connectingStatus: 'Connecting…',
+  download: 'Loading feeds…',
   errorStatus: 'Sync error',
   export: 'Export',
   fast: 'Fun',
-  feeds: 'Manage Feeds',
-  feedsByCategories: 'By Category',
+  feeds: 'Manage feeds',
+  feedsByCategories: 'By category',
   import: 'Import',
-  interface: 'User Interface',
-  menu: 'Feeds & Settings',
+  interface: 'Interface',
+  menu: 'Feeds & settings',
   offlineStatus: 'Offline',
-  postRefreshing: 'Checking feeds for new posts',
+  postRefreshing: 'Checking feeds for new posts…',
   profile: 'Profile',
   refresh: 'Check for new posts',
-  refreshing: 'Post updating',
-  sending: 'Saving',
+  refreshing: 'Updating posts…',
+  sending: 'Saving…',
   settings: 'Settings',
   slow: 'Useful',
   synchronizedAfterWaitStatus: 'Synchronized'

core/messages/not-found/en.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ import { i18n } from '../../i18n.ts'
 
 export const notFoundMessages = i18n('notFound', {
   home: 'Home',
-  pageText: 'Page wasn’t found',
+  pageText: 'Page not found',
   pageTitle: '404'
 })

core/messages/organize/en.ts

@@ -3,29 +3,28 @@ import { i18n } from '../../i18n.ts'
 export const organizeMessages = i18n('organize', {
   addCategory: 'Add category…',
   addFilter: 'Add filter',
-  byCategoryTitle: 'Feeds by Category',
+  byCategoryTitle: 'Feeds by category',
   category: 'Category',
   categoryName: 'Category name',
-  deleteCategory: 'Delete',
+  deleteCategory: 'Delete category',
   deleteCategoryConform:
-    'All feeds in this category will be moved to General. Are you sure?',
+    'All feeds in this category will be moved to General. Are you sure you want to continue?',
   deleteConform:
-    'We will delete feed statistics and posts. ' +
-    'It cannot be undone. Are you sure?',
-  deleteFeed: 'Delete',
+    'This will permanently delete the feed, including its statistics and posts. Are you sure?',
+  deleteFeed: 'Delete feed',
   deleteFilter: 'Delete filter',
-  fast: 'Fast-food reading (fun, but not useful)',
+  fast: 'Fast reading (fun but not deep)',
   filterAction: 'Filter action',
   filterActionDelete: 'Delete post',
-  filterActionFast: 'Move to fast',
-  filterActionSlow: 'Move to slow',
+  filterActionFast: 'Move to Fast reading',
+  filterActionSlow: 'Move to Slow reading',
   filterQuery: 'Filter query',
-  invalidFilter: 'Filter query is invalid',
+  invalidFilter: 'Invalid filter query',
   moveFilterDown: 'Move down',
   moveFilterUp: 'Move up',
-  name: 'Feed Name',
-  renameCategory: 'Rename',
-  slow: 'Slow reading (deep and useful)',
+  name: 'Feed name',
+  renameCategory: 'Rename category',
+  slow: 'Slow reading (deep and meaningful)',
   type: 'Feed type',
   url: 'Feed URL'
 })

core/messages/profile/en.ts

@@ -2,17 +2,17 @@ import { i18n } from '../../i18n.ts'
 
 export const profileMessages = i18n('profile', {
   createAccount: 'Create cloud account',
-  dangerousTitle: 'Dangerous',
+  dangerousTitle: 'Dangerous action',
   deleteAccount: 'Delete your data from the cloud',
-  deleteWarning: 'You can’t restore delete data. Are you sure?',
+  deleteWarning: 'This action cannot be undone. Are you sure you want to delete your data?',
   exit: 'Sign out on this device',
-  exitNoCloud: 'Delete all your data',
-  exitWaitSync: 'Delete unsaved data & sign out',
+  exitNoCloud: 'Delete all local data',
+  exitWaitSync: 'Delete unsaved data and sign out',
   noCloudDesc1:
-    'You don’t have cloud account and the data is stored just on this machine.',
+    'You don’t have a cloud account. Your data is stored only on this device.',
   noCloudDesc2:
-    'If you want to have the same account on other device or backup data, you need to create cloud account.',
-  noCloudTitle: 'No Cloud',
+    'To use the same account on another device or back up your data, create a cloud account.',
+  noCloudTitle: 'No cloud account',
   pageTitle: 'Profile',
   userId: 'User ID'
 })

core/messages/settings/en.ts

@@ -1,23 +1,23 @@
 import { i18n } from '../../i18n.ts'
 
 export const settingsMessages = i18n('settings', {
-  about: 'About the App',
+  about: 'About the app',
   applicationInterface: 'Application',
   commonTitle: 'Settings',
   deleteProfile: 'Delete all data',
-  deleteProfileConfirm: 'Data deletion cannot be undone. Are you sure?',
-  downloadTitle: 'Feed Loadings',
-  interfaceTitle: 'UI',
+  deleteProfileConfirm: 'This action cannot be undone. Are you sure you want to delete all data?',
+  downloadTitle: 'Feed loading',
+  interfaceTitle: 'Interface',
   preloadAlways: 'Always',
   preloadFree: 'Wi-Fi',
-  preloadImages: 'Preload posts images',
+  preloadImages: 'Preload post images',
   preloadNever: 'Never',
   profile: 'Profile',
   systemDisabledAnimations: 'Animations are disabled in system',
   theme: 'Theme',
   themeDark: 'Dark',
   themeLight: 'Light',
   themeSystem: 'System',
-  useAnimations: 'Use animations',
-  usePointer: 'Use cursor reactions'
+  useAnimations: 'Enable animations',
+  usePointer: 'Enable cursor effects'
 })

core/messages/slow/en.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { i18n } from '../../i18n.ts'
 
 export const slowMessages = i18n('slow', {
-  noPosts: 'No posts',
+  noPosts: 'No posts yet',
   pageTitle: 'Slow reading',
   posts: 'posts'
 })

web-archive/pages/feeds/import.svelte

@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
     </div>
 
     {#if Object.entries($importLoadingFeeds).length && $importReading}
-      <h4>{$t.loadProccess}</h4>
+      <h4>{$t.loadProcess}</h4>
       <ul class="feeds-import_loading">
         {#each Object.entries($importLoadingFeeds) as [feedUrl, loading] (feedUrl)}
           <li>

web/pages/signup.svelte

@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
             size="pill"
             variant="secondary"
           >
-            {$t.regenerateCredetials}
+            {$t.regenerateCredentials}
           </Button>
         </Note>
         <Note icon={mdiPiggyBankOutline} variant="neutral">