Improve language

- Fix capitalization, grammar, and punctuation - Use names and terminology more consistently (QubesOS/qubes-issues#4723) - Replace "VM" with "qube" (QubesOS/qubes-issues#1015) - Add explanatory tooltips (QubesOS/qubes-issues#2211) - Wording improvements
QubesOS · Sep 8, 2021 · cf2699a · cf2699a
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diff --git a/ui/about.ui b/ui/about.ui
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
      <item>
       <widget class="QPushButton" name="informationNotes">
        <property name="text">
-        <string>Version Information</string>
+        <string>Version information</string>
        </property>
       </widget>
      </item>

diff --git a/ui/backupdlg.ui b/ui/backupdlg.ui
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
    </rect>
   </property>
   <property name="windowTitle">
-   <string>Qubes OS - Backup qubes</string>
+   <string>Qubes Backup</string>
   </property>
   <property name="locale">
    <locale language="English" country="UnitedStates"/>
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
       <item row="0" column="0">
        <widget class="QLabel" name="label_4">
         <property name="text">
-         <string>Select qubes to backup:</string>
+         <string>Select qubes to back up:</string>
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
     <item>
      <widget class="QCheckBox" name="compress_checkbox">
       <property name="text">
-       <string>Compress the backup</string>
+       <string>Compress backup</string>
       </property>
       <property name="checked">
        <bool>true</bool>
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
        </font>
       </property>
       <property name="text">
-       <string>Warning: unrecognized data found in configuration files. </string>
+       <string>Warning: Unrecognized data found in configuration files. </string>
       </property>
      </widget>
     </item>
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@
           </font>
          </property>
          <property name="text">
-          <string>&lt;html&gt;&lt;head/&gt;&lt;body&gt;&lt;p&gt;WARNING: password will be saved in dom0 in plain text.&lt;br/&gt;The file is located in dom0 in /etc/qubes/backup/qubes-manager-backup .&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
+          <string>&lt;html&gt;&lt;head/&gt;&lt;body&gt;&lt;p&gt;WARNING: Passphrase will be saved in dom0 in plain text.&lt;br/&gt;File location: /etc/qubes/backup/qubes-manager-backup&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
@@ -260,14 +260,14 @@
        <item row="2" column="0">
         <widget class="QLabel" name="label_11">
          <property name="text">
-          <string>&lt;html&gt;&lt;head/&gt;&lt;body&gt;&lt;p&gt;Reenter passphrase:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
+          <string>&lt;html&gt;&lt;head/&gt;&lt;body&gt;&lt;p&gt;Confirm passphrase:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
        <item row="0" column="0">
         <widget class="QLabel" name="label_12">
          <property name="text">
-          <string>&lt;html&gt;&lt;head/&gt;&lt;body&gt;&lt;p&gt;Encryption / Verification&lt;br/&gt;passphrase:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
+          <string>&lt;html&gt;&lt;head/&gt;&lt;body&gt;&lt;p&gt;Encryption passphrase:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@
        </font>
       </property>
       <property name="text">
-       <string>NOTE: Only running qubes are listed.</string>
+       <string>Note: Only running qubes are listed.</string>
       </property>
      </widget>
     </item>

diff --git a/ui/clonevmdlg.ui b/ui/clonevmdlg.ui
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
           </sizepolicy>
          </property>
          <property name="text">
-          <string>&lt;html&gt;&lt;head/&gt;&lt;body&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot; font-weight:600;&quot;&gt;Caution&lt;/span&gt;: changing these settings can compromise your system or make the qube unable to boot. Use only if you know what you are doing.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
+          <string>&lt;html&gt;&lt;head/&gt;&lt;body&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot; font-weight:600;&quot;&gt;Caution&lt;/span&gt;: Changing these settings can compromise your system or make the qube unable to boot. Use only if you know what you are doing.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
          </property>
          <property name="wordWrap">
           <bool>true</bool>

diff --git a/ui/devicelist.ui b/ui/devicelist.ui
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
     </rect>
    </property>
    <property name="text">
-    <string>Which PCI devices should use the no strict reset option?</string>
+    <string>Which PCI devices should use the &quot;no strict reset&quot; option?</string>
    </property>
   </widget>
   <widget class="QLabel" name="label_2">
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
     </font>
    </property>
    <property name="text">
-    <string>Note: use this option only if &quot;unable to reset PCI device&quot; error occurs. </string>
+    <string>Note: Use this option only if an &quot;unable to reset PCI device&quot; error occurs. </string>
    </property>
    <property name="wordWrap">
     <bool>true</bool>

diff --git a/ui/globalsettingsdlg.ui b/ui/globalsettingsdlg.ui
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
          <bool>true</bool>
         </property>
         <property name="text">
-         <string>Minimal qube memory:</string>
+         <string>Minimum qube memory:</string>
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
          <bool>true</bool>
         </property>
         <property name="toolTip">
-         <string>Additional memory allocated to dom0 by Qubes Memory Balancer.</string>
+         <string>Additional memory allocated to dom0 by Qubes Memory Balancer</string>
         </property>
         <property name="suffix">
          <string> MiB</string>
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
          <bool>true</bool>
         </property>
         <property name="toolTip">
-         <string>Additional memory allocated to dom0 by Qubes Memory Balancer.</string>
+         <string>Additional memory allocated to dom0 by Qubes Memory Balancer</string>
         </property>
         <property name="text">
          <string>Additional dom0 memory:</string>
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
       <item row="0" column="2">
        <widget class="QCheckBox" name="updates_vm">
         <property name="toolTip">
-         <string>Default value for new qubes; to change it for existing qubes, use buttons below.</string>
+         <string>Default value for new qubes. To change it for existing qubes, use the buttons below.</string>
         </property>
         <property name="text">
          <string>Check for qube updates by default</string>
@@ -120,12 +120,12 @@
        <widget class="QComboBox" name="itl_tmpl_updates_repo">
         <item>
          <property name="text">
-          <string>ITL template updates</string>
+          <string>Official template updates</string>
          </property>
         </item>
         <item>
          <property name="text">
-          <string>ITL template updates (testing)</string>
+          <string>Official template updates (testing)</string>
          </property>
         </item>
        </widget>
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
       <item row="1" column="2">
        <widget class="QPushButton" name="disable_updates_all">
         <property name="text">
-         <string>Disable checking for updates for all qubes</string>
+         <string>Disable update checking for all qubes</string>
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@
       <item row="2" column="2">
        <widget class="QPushButton" name="enable_updates_all">
         <property name="text">
-         <string>Enable checking for updates for all qubes</string>
+         <string>Enable update checking for all qubes</string>
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@
          </sizepolicy>
         </property>
         <property name="text">
-         <string>dom0 updates:</string>
+         <string>Dom0 updates:</string>
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
@@ -308,21 +308,21 @@
          </sizepolicy>
         </property>
         <property name="text">
-         <string>Dom0 UpdateVM:</string>
+         <string>Dom0 update qube:</string>
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
       <item row="0" column="1">
        <widget class="QComboBox" name="update_vm_combo">
         <property name="toolTip">
-         <string>This is updateVM ONLY for dom0; if you want to change updateVMs for other VMs, use /etc/qubes-rpc/policy/qubes.UpdatesProxy</string>
+         <string>This update qube is only for dom0. For other qubes, see: /etc/qubes-rpc/policy/qubes.UpdatesProxy</string>
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
       <item row="1" column="0">
        <widget class="QLabel" name="label_2">
         <property name="text">
-         <string>ClockVM:</string>
+         <string>Clock qube:</string>
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@
       <item row="2" column="0">
        <widget class="QLabel" name="label_3">
         <property name="text">
-         <string>Default netVM:</string>
+         <string>Default net qube:</string>
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@
       <item row="4" column="0">
        <widget class="QLabel" name="label_8">
         <property name="text">
-         <string>Default DisposableVM Template:</string>
+         <string>Default disposable template:</string>
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@
       <item row="1" column="0">
        <widget class="QLabel" name="label_13">
         <property name="text">
-         <string>Secure copy:</string>
+         <string>Global clipboard copy:</string>
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@
       <item row="2" column="0">
        <widget class="QLabel" name="label_15">
         <property name="text">
-         <string>Secure paste:</string>
+         <string>Global clipboard paste:</string>
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>

diff --git a/ui/logdlg.ui b/ui/logdlg.ui
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
       </font>
      </property>
      <property name="toolTip">
-      <string>Copy Dom0 clipboard to Qubes clipboard</string>
+      <string>Copy dom0 clipboard to global clipboard.</string>
      </property>
     </widget>
    </item>
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
         <enum>Qt::TabFocus</enum>
        </property>
        <property name="text">
-        <string>Copy to Qubes clipboard</string>
+        <string>Copy to global clipboard</string>
        </property>
        <property name="icon">
         <iconset resource="../resources.qrc">

diff --git a/ui/newappvmdlg.ui b/ui/newappvmdlg.ui
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
        <item row="7" column="1" colspan="3">
         <widget class="QCheckBox" name="launch_settings">
          <property name="text">
-          <string>launch settings after creation</string>
+          <string>Launch settings after creation</string>
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@
           </sizepolicy>
          </property>
          <property name="text">
-          <string>&lt;html&gt;&lt;head/&gt;&lt;body&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot; font-weight:600;&quot;&gt;Caution&lt;/span&gt;: changing these settings can compromise your system or make the qube unable to boot. Use only if you know what you are doing.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
+          <string>&lt;html&gt;&lt;head/&gt;&lt;body&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot; font-weight:600;&quot;&gt;Caution&lt;/span&gt;: Changing these settings can compromise your system or make the qube unable to boot. Use only if you know what you are doing.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
          </property>
          <property name="wordWrap">
           <bool>true</bool>
@@ -214,14 +214,14 @@
           <bool>false</bool>
          </property>
          <property name="text">
-          <string>install system from device (also available from settings)</string>
+          <string>Install system from device (also available from settings)</string>
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
        <item row="1" column="0" colspan="2">
         <widget class="QCheckBox" name="provides_network">
          <property name="text">
-          <string>provides network to other qubes</string>
+          <string>Provides network access to other qubes</string>
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>

diff --git a/ui/newfwruledlg.ui b/ui/newfwruledlg.ui
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
      <item row="1" column="1" colspan="3">
       <widget class="QComboBox" name="serviceComboBox">
        <property name="toolTip">
-        <string>&lt;html&gt;&lt;head/&gt;&lt;body&gt;&lt;p&gt;Port/service can be provided as either port number (e.g. 122), port range (1024-1234) or service name (e.g. smtp) . For full list of services known, see /etc/services in dom0.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
+        <string>&lt;html&gt;&lt;head/&gt;&lt;body&gt;&lt;p&gt;Port/service can be provided as a port number (e.g. 122), port range (1024-1234), or service name (e.g. smtp). For a full list of known services, see /etc/services in dom0.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
        </property>
        <property name="editable">
         <bool>true</bool>