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@retrov80 retrov80 commented Nov 5, 2026

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Note that this translation is somewhat experimental; not all screens are translated yet. As the builds go, i may go updating the translation as well. Please tell me if anything goes wrong with the order of the xmls, as this is my first time translating, so i'd appreciate if you tell me of any breakages i might have made.

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Thanks for the Spanish translation, retrov80! I removed values-es/.cache from your branch: it was a stray file that only held a path from your computer, and Android would have tried to build it. I've also started the checks, which test the translation files. If they find problems, I'll say which strings.

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retrov80 commented Nov 8, 2026

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Oh, sorry for that dangling .cache, a misconfigured .bashrc.

Hey, i notice the build failed with somewhat the same result i got building locally. What do i need to correct this issue?

Thanks in advance.

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jpavonabian commented Nov 9, 2026 •

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Hey, the PR also modifies 207 strings that already exist in master (they come from the original TalkBack/Backtalk import and are not touched elsewhere in the repo). About 170 only change TalkBack → Backtalk, which is fine. The other 37 are retranslations of the existing text, some of which change the meaning compared to the English source. For example:

  • value_ringer_silent: "Modo Silencio" → "Modo No molestar" (the English source is "Ringer silent").
  • value_edit_box: "Cuadro de edición" → "Campo de texto" (English: "Edit box").
  • value_collapsed: "oculta" → "oculto".
  • talkback_settings_screen_title_breadcrumb: "Ajustes" → "Configuración", while the rest of the strings still say "Ajustes".
  • talkback_preferences_title: "Configuraciónn de Backtalk" (typo, double n).
  • Style-only changes: Decir/Enunciar → Anunciar, "Vista previa" → "Probar", "Principio/Final" → "Inicio/Fin del campo", the cut/paste/replace templates.

Suggestion: keep the new strings and the TalkBack → Backtalk rename, and leave the rest of the existing text exactly as it is in master.

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retrov80 commented Nov 9, 2026

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Hello.

Thanks for pointing out those issues, they helped me understand what i have done quite better. I hadn't thought on what changing those little stuff (like No molestar for silencio) could do to everyone using backtalk and that are used to talkback's way of saying that stuff. I would not have cared that much, but i understand that somebody else would. So, sincerely thanks and sorry for the typo.

I am working on retrieving the original strings.xml back from master, so that i only need to change TalkBack for Backtalk across strings.xml, strings_compositor and in practice any file using talkback in it.

What i am not going to change is strings_voicecommands. There still says TalkBack, but i have never used voice commands not even in the original talkback, so i am unsure if "Ajustes de TalkBack" is already understood by ... whatever the voice commands use as engine, while "Ajustes de Backtalk" would break it. I leave it to anyone that does use voice commands and changes it or not accordingly, or leaves an instruction to not say backtalk.

Thanks.

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