Replace "%1$d" with "einem" for quantity "one" in strings.xml

[JuliusVogelbacher]

Please replace "%1$d" with "einem" for quantity "one" in src\main\res\values-de\strings.xml. Currently in line 111 and 134 in strings.xml. In other words use "einem" instead of "1".

[thomasaugsten]

This wording is chose by intention to understand the quantity more easily

[JuliusVogelbacher]

Why the wording is different than in line 143?

[mtotowamkwe]

@dsarkar @JuliusVogelbacher @thomasaugsten I'd like to work on this.

[mtotowamkwe]

See the corresponding pull request.

[Ein-Tim]

iOS also uses "1" (see https://github.com/corona-warn-app/cwa-app-ios/blob/199ee4c84e11f8a8a4497c865572932a9681a3f2/src/xcode/ENA/ENA/Resources/Localization/de.lproj/Localizable.stringsdict#L18 & https://github.com/corona-warn-app/cwa-app-ios/blob/199ee4c84e11f8a8a4497c865572932a9681a3f2/src/xcode/ENA/ENA/Resources/Localization/de.lproj/Localizable.stringsdict#L42)

This issue therefore should be transferred to the documentation repository (or the wishlist) and also be relabeled as an enhancement and not as a bug.

Could you take a look @dsarkar?

[Ein-Tim]

Maybe @JuliusVogelbacher could also further explain why he would like to see this change.

Line 143, which he mentioned in https://github.com/corona-warn-app/cwa-app-android/issues/2736#issuecomment-812839590 is the string for the detail screen, IHMO it makes sense to have the number on the risk card and the word on the detail screen.

[JuliusVogelbacher]

"einem" has only 4 letters more and then the grammar fits. For me it is more readable if the grammar fits. But it would be nice if other German native speakers could comment on this.

[DerVogel2020]

I think it is not necessary for grammatical reasons, since it is not a full German sentence.

In https://www.duden.de/sprachwissen/sprachratgeber/Schreibung-von-Zahlen-0 it says: "Die Zahlen von 1 bis 12 werden überwiegend dann in Ziffern geschrieben, wenn sie – z. B. in Statistiken oder wissenschaftlichen Texten – zusammen mit dem dazugehörigen Substantiv die Aufmerksamkeit auf sich lenken sollen: Kurbel mit 2 Wellen; Zahnrad mit 2 Spindeln." I think, this applies here.

[Ein-Tim]

@JuliusVogelbacher

I'm also a German native speaker and for me it's more important to directly see the number, I know where the App would show the number and thus I don't have to read the sentence but I can only search for a number in the text. If there is non, I didn't have an encounter.

[JuliusVogelbacher]

@DerVogel2020 If you see that as a scientific text, that is of course correct. But I don't think the most common user is a statistician or a scientist.

@Ein-Tim If you already know the text, a number is maybe better, but when you read the text for the first time I think "einem" is better. And I hope you don't read the text too often.

@All For me, it's also about feeling for language. But if the majority sees it differently, you can close the process. Maybe my feeling for language does not correspond to the general feeling for language.

[di-sc]

But it would be nice if other German native speakers could comment on this.

This message is a highly represented message most users will see (as the FIRST responsive message of the app) and it is wrong in german language. Nobody would write or speak that way. Because the CWA is an app that all people (not only technicians) should use I would consider it as a bug. Alternative solution that is independent of the language: "Anzahl Tage mit Begegnungen mit niedrigem Risiko: %1$d"

[Ein-Tim]

@dsarkar Please decide where to move this issue, but it affects both, iOS and Android. I would move it to the wishlist since @thomasaugsten said that this is chosen by intention.

[vaubaehn]

Related: https://github.com/corona-warn-app/cwa-app-android/pull/1751#issuecomment-735900697 and following comments at end of PR

[Ein-Tim]

Also somehow related: https://github.com/corona-warn-app/cwa-documentation/issues/578