Translations pass May 2026 — voice, coverage, taxonomy#58
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UA card descriptions had drifted from current EN. Rewrote 10 cards from the current EN canonical (skipped #43 — already faithful). Affected UA cards: #2 Prytula, #10 Hospitallers, #11 Pirogov, #14 Women's Guard, #16 Army SOS (dropped dated 'Кропива' specific), #22 Kyiv Independent, #33 Save the Children, #36 Nova Ukraine, #47 Ed's friends, #54 Leleka Foundation. Women's Guard count: EN file bumped from 30,000 to 40,000 (UA, RU, JA, SW independently had 40,000 — confirmed with user as the current figure). Synced DE, ES, FR, IT, LV, NL, PL, RO, TR to 40,000. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <[email protected]>
DE (German) - Inclusivity sweep: male-generic plurals → :innen forms throughout (Soldat:innen, Spender:innen, Ukrainer:innen, Ärzt:innen, etc). - Filled new cards for 13 visible orgs (hidden orgs skipped). - Drift fixes on #6 Red Cross, #12 Molfar, #22 Kyiv Independent, #25 Razom, #29 Revived Soldiers. - #29 title: 'Wiederbelebte Soldaten Ukraine' → 'Revived Soldiers Ukraine' (org has no real German name). - Pre-existing grammar/voice nits left untouched per scope. PL (Polish) - 'na Ukrainie' → 'w Ukrainie' sweep (post-2022 sovereignty form, per user policy). - Filled new cards for 12 visible orgs. - Drift fixes on #6, #11, #12, #21, #36. - #21 misfile bug: PL file in donations/21/ contained The Kyiv Independent's content inside the Texty.org.ua folder. Replaced with correct Texty translation; comment in file header notes the previous bug. Verified no other locale's #21 had the same misfile. - Voice/calque kills: 'na twoich zasadach' → 'tak, jak ci wygodnie'; 'Dotrzyj do nas' → 'Napisz do nas'. Hidden orgs (#13, #32, #35, #37, #38, #41, #45, #47, #49) skipped per scope. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <[email protected]>
ES (Spanish) - Inclusivity via gender-neutral noun phrases (Spanish has no clean :innen). 'soldados ucranianos' → 'tropas ucranianas'; 'primeros intervinientes' → 'personal de primera respuesta'; 'los defensores' → 'quienes defienden Ucrania'. - Filled 12 visible orgs (43-54 minus the hidden ones). - Drift fixes on #3, #10, #12, #22, #25, #28. - Grammar fix: #47 'cuándo y dónde' → 'cuando y donde' (subordinate, no accent). FR (French) - Midpoint inclusive forms (Ukrainien·ne·s, vétéran·e·s, donateur·rice·s). - Chrome switched vous → tu site-wide. - Filled 12 visible orgs; drift fixes on #6, #10, #12, #22, #25. - Proper-name calques reverted per guide: #1 'Retour en Vie' → 'Come Back Alive', #23 'Agents Sanguins' → 'Blood Agents'. - #15 description fix: 'Ligne de Vie Ukraine' → 'Lifeline Ukraine' (was inconsistent with the title). - Pre-existing grammar bugs swept while in flight: #5 'gilets blindé' → 'gilets blindés', 'caméras thermique' → 'caméras thermiques'; #8 'établit' → 'établi'. IT (Italian) - Inclusivity via 'persone veterane', 'la infanzia', 'tropas ucraine'. - Filled 12 visible orgs (43-54 minus hidden). - Drift fixes on #6, #12, #22. JA (Japanese) - Polite form (です/ます) throughout. - Filled 12 visible orgs. - Drift rewrites on #2, #10, #12, #25, #28, #36 (pre-existing JA was notably stale relative to current EN's program specifics). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <[email protected]>
SW (Swedish) — biggest unlock by traffic (4.66%) - Pre-existing was chrome-only. Filled 12 visible org cards. - Drift fixes on #6, #10, #11, #12, #13, #22. NL (Dutch) - Coverage went from 26/54 → 50/54 (hidden orgs intentionally skipped). - Drift fixes on #6, #12, #14, #22. RU (Russia) - Editorial decision: locale kept per user (outreach + SEO + real donor traffic; white-flag icon makes the site's position clear). - Switched siteDescription/heroTitle/heroSubtitle from formal вы to informal ты, matching the rest of chrome. - Drift fixes on #2, #10, #11, #16 (dropped dated 'Кропива' specific), #22, #27, #33, #36, #47. - Filled new cards for #52, #53, #54. - Fixed UA-twin bug: 'Убежища' for Refugees tag meant 'Shelters', not 'Refugee aid'. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <[email protected]>
Site-wide Kiev → Kyiv sweep for org #30 (Vostok SOS). Affected files: ES, FR, IT, NL, NO, RO, TR. Russified spelling is dated; modern usage on a Ukraine solidarity site should be Kyiv. FR #30 title bug: was 'SOS Être' (nonsense; 'Être' means 'to be'). The org name is Vostok SOS — fixed in this commit's FR diff. Also fixed 'colonies de première ligne' (colonies has colonial baggage) → 'localités de première ligne'. No other Kiev spellings remain in the repo. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <[email protected]>
TRANSLATIONS_GUIDE.md - Voice and translation guide defining the site's editorial register: plain, direct, factual; wiki not campaign; informal address site-wide; inclusive by default per language; common-sense proper-name rule; hidden orgs skipped. TRANSLATIONS_REVIEW.md - Full audit log of what changed in this pass and what is flagged for native review. core submodule bumped to include the chrome translation pass (commit 9e8d41f on translations-pass-2026-05 branch). Also adds .claude/launch.json (preview dev server config; local dev helper, not used in production). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <[email protected]>
Leleka Foundation (US 501(c)(3)): EIN 47-2377309 — surfaces on the card with a Charity Navigator link. UNITED24: EDRPOU 45127904 — verified against youcontrol.com.ua, registered Jan 2023 as БО "ОБ'ЄДНАНІ 24 ДЛЯ УКРАЇНИ". Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <[email protected]>
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What this does
A comprehensive quality pass on translations and UI copy across all 18 locales. No new features, no structural changes — this is a content and accuracy sweep.
Tag taxonomy
Veterancy— the tag existed in EN but was referenced by zero organisations. Dead UI element.Refugees → Refugee aidandNon-combat → Non-combat support— the bare nouns were ambiguous; the new values are clearer as filter labels.Tag and chrome bug fixes
Refugees: 'Притулки'(Shelters — the building, not the people) →'Допомога біженцям'NGO: 'НДО'(wrong abbreviation) →'НУО'Refugees: 'Убежища'(same shelter/building false-friend) →'Помощь беженцам''Human Rights': 'Menschrechte'(typo, missing syllable) →'Menschenrechte'Credit Cardvalue was the French string (copy-paste artefact) →'Kreditkort'Credit Cardvalue was Romanian →'Кредитная карта'goal1read "based on the full-scale invasion" — opposite meaning — → "to resist"filterTo: 'To'(opaque) →'Cause';legalDesc1rewritten for clarityjoinUsmeant Subscribe or Follow us → corrected to Join usjoinFormLink(International Legion referral) from all locales — the key had no component consumerDonation card translations
Coverage was uneven (UA 54/54, DE 35/54, NL 26/54). This pass filled gaps and corrected drift across the nine primary locales.
:innenforms;Revived Soldiers Ukrainetitle reverted from literal-translation calquena Ukrainie→w UkrainiesweepRetour en Vie → Come Back Alive,Agents Sanguins → Blood Agents,SOS Être → Vostok SOS)Kiev→Kyivcorrected across all locales for org #30 (Vostok SOS).All AI-drafted files carry
# AI-assisted draft, pending native reviewat the top. UA was reviewed live with a native speaker.Registration numbers
ein: "47-2377309"added — surfaces with Charity Navigator linkedrpou: "45127904"added — verified against youcontrol.com.uaDocs
TRANSLATIONS_GUIDE.md— new voice and style reference for future contributors and AI assistantsTRANSLATIONS_REVIEW.md— full audit log: what changed, what was flagged, what needs native reviewWhat this is not
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