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SeoFood:fix/german-localization
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SeoFood:fix/german-localization

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Summary

This PR improves the German (de.lproj) localization with a typo fix, disambiguation of misleading translations, and more natural phrasing.

Bug fix

  • "Downloads-Order""Downloads-Ordner" - typo (missing "n")

"Relaunch" disambiguation

In German, "neu starten" (the current translation for "relaunch") is ambiguous - most users read it as "restart the computer" rather than "relaunch the app". This PR:

  • Changes "Install and Relaunch" from "Installieren und neu starten" → "Installieren und App neu starten"
  • Simplifies the downloaded-update prompts ("would you like to install it and relaunch?") from the verbose "durch die neue Version ersetzen und neu starten" → "jetzt aktualisieren", which avoids the ambiguity entirely

Language improvements

  • "Learn More…": "Mehr über …" (incomplete fragment) → "Mehr erfahren …"
  • "is now updated": "ist aktualisiert" (Zustandspassiv) → "wurde aktualisiert" (Vorgangspassiv) - more natural German for describing a completed action
  • "allow modifications from": "hinzufügen" (add) → "Änderungen von … erlauben" (allow modifications from) - matches the meaning of the English source string

- Fix typo: "Downloads-Order" → "Downloads-Ordner"
- Clarify "Install and Relaunch": "neu starten" (ambiguous, sounds
  like system reboot) → "App neu starten"
- Simplify downloaded-update prompts: replace verbose "durch die neue
  Version ersetzen und neu starten" with "jetzt aktualisieren"
- Fix "Learn More…" translation: "Mehr über …" (fragment) →
  "Mehr erfahren …"
- Use more natural Perfekt tense: "ist aktualisiert" → "wurde
  aktualisiert"
- Fix "App Management" translation: "hinzufügen" (add) →
  "Änderungen von … erlauben" (allow modifications from), matching
  the English source string
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Thank you.

@zorgiepoo zorgiepoo added this to the 2.9.0 milestone Feb 19, 2026
@zorgiepoo zorgiepoo merged commit 192dce5 into sparkle-project:2.x Feb 19, 2026
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