English source: conventions and translator notes

English is the source language: every other language translates from it. This page holds the rules every translation follows and a note for each message whose meaning isn't obvious from the English alone. Fink shows only the id and the text, so look an id up here when in doubt.

How a message is written

• Ids are <group>.<camelCaseName>: the group is the screen or area (library.sortPlanned, muscle.chest). Catalog ids are <slug>.<field>, with <slug>.instructions.<n> for each instruction in order. No id is the prefix of another.
• Placeholders are named ICU arguments. {name} is text, {count, number} is a whole number. Keep every placeholder of the English, with the same name; move it wherever the sentence needs it.
• Plurals are ICU plural: {count, plural, one {# session} other {# sessions}}. # is the number. Give every form your language needs (French: one, many, other); Fink lists them.
• Apostrophes, ellipses and spaces need no care: type ' and ... as usual. After each merge they become ’ and …, and the non-breaking spaces a language needs are added (French: before : ; ! ? % and inside « »).
• Product names stay as they are: Coach Poulpy, Poulpy.

Namespaces

Fink groups messages in three namespaces:

Namespace	What it holds
app	The app’s screens
domain	Words shown everywhere: muscles, equipment, units, workout types, step roles, Poulpy’s lines
catalog	Exercise names, instructions, variation notes and search aliases

Translator notes

Messages not listed here mean what their English says.

app

Id	Note
app.name	The product name. Never translated.
common.loading	Spoken by screen readers while a screen loads; never seen.
tab.*	Tab labels at the bottom of the screen: about 12 characters fit before the text shrinks. One word is best.
tab.live	The tab for a session recorded from connected devices (treadmill, heart rate band), as it happens.
home.inDays	{date} is a weekday and date, already formatted for the language.
library.sort	iOS only: the label of the sort menu.
library.all	Filter chip that clears the filter. Agrees with “workouts”.
library.planned, library.lastDone, workout.planned, history.todayDay	{date} is a short date or “today”, already formatted.
exercise.variationPosition, exercise.variationsA11y	{position} is already formatted, like “2 of 5”.
builder.less, builder.more	iOS only: buttons that lower or raise a value. Android uses builder.lessNamed/builder.moreNamed, where {label} names the value.
builder.open, builder.moreActions	Accessibility labels; {name} is the step’s name.
builder.editValue	Accessibility label for typing a value; {label} names it (sets, weight…).
builder.repeat, builder.addRepeat	A repeat is a group of steps done several times in a row, like intervals. Not “repetition” of a single movement (that is a rep).
builder.untilPressed, builder.untilEnd	A step with no set length: it lasts until the person presses the button, or, on the last step, until the session ends.
player.summary	{duration} is already formatted, like “24 min”.
treadmill.phase	A block is one part of a treadmill program, like “5 min at 8 km/h”.
treadmill.targetSpeed, treadmill.remaining	{speed} and {time} are already formatted with their unit.
history.sessionsUnit	The word alone, shown under a big number.
history.tentaclesLit	Out of Poulpy’s eight tentacles; see the Poulpy notes below.
live.waitingBody, live.connectingOne, devices.forgetTitle, devices.usedInstead	{name} is a device’s name.
live.finishStillBody, live.finishStoppedBody, live.finishLostBody	{endTime} is a clock time, already formatted.
live.finishClosedBody	{endTime} is how far into the session it stopped, like “12:40”, already formatted.
live.notificationPaused	{elapsed} is the time recorded so far, like “12:40”.
devices.openSettings	iOS only: opens the phone’s Settings app. Use the name the phone uses.
devices.allowBluetooth	Android only.
kind.footPod	A small sensor clipped to the shoe that measures pace and cadence.
settings.languageNextLaunch	iOS only.
profile.sex*	The “sex assigned at birth” wording is deliberate (decision 13): never “biological sex” or “birth sex”, and never gender. Keep it as a question about what was recorded, not about the person.
profile.pronoun*	The options of a select. In French the options are the pronouns themselves (Elle, Il, Iel), not “she / her” translated.
profile.pronounsNote	A custom entry is shown as the person typed it and is never translated or corrected.
body.range1m, body.range3m, body.range1y, body.rangeAll	Chart ranges: 1 month, 3 months, 1 year, all. A few characters only.
body.change	The difference between the first and last entry of the range. Neutral: going up or down is never good or bad.
body.chart	Spoken description of the chart. {first} and {last} are weights or heights with their unit, the dates are already formatted.

domain

Id	Note
zone.*	Body zones of the exercise filter, with left and right together; shorter than bodyArea.*.
pattern.*	Movement patterns, the families exercises are grouped in. pattern.hinge bends at the hips with a flat back. pattern.carry walks holding a load.
role.*	The tag on a step in a workout. role.recover is easy effort between hard efforts, not a full stop.
label.session	Shown for a session whose workout was deleted.
label.or, label.and	Join filter labels: “Dumbbells or kettlebell”.
label.demoIntervals	The name of a built-in treadmill program for trying the app.
count.position	“3 of 5”, used in many places.
unit.*	Unit formats. unit.minutesSeconds and unit.hoursMinutes: the second argument is already two digits (“1 h 05”).
workout.deleteTitle	{name} is the workout’s name, chosen by the person.
poulpy.*	Poulpy, the octopus mascot, speaking in the first person. He lights one of his eight tentacles per finished session; eight make a full octopus. He is warm and never guilt-trips. His voice is described on the brand page.

catalog

Id	Note
<slug>.aliases	Other names people might search for, comma-separated, never shown. Optional per language: add the words people really type, not a translation of the English list.
<slug>.variationNote	How this variation differs from its neighbours, shown under the name.
<slug>.instructions.<n>	One step of how to do the exercise, in order, addressed to the person.