Slovak translation notes
SkillDev toolsGlossary and phrasing rules for Slovak (sk) translations of Editoria11y and Sa11y strings. Read before writing or reviewing src/lang/sk.js or src/sa11y-lang/sk.js.
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Derived from a native-speaker rewrite of the machine-translated src/sa11y-lang/sk.js
(upstream Sa11y PR). Apply these when producing or reviewing any Slovak string.
Glossary
| English | Use | Never |
|---|---|---|
| accessible name | prístupný názov | prístupné meno |
| assistive technology | asistenčné technológie | asistívne technológie |
| alt text | alternatívny text (always spelled out) | alt text, text alt |
| issue / alert | problém / upozornenie | vydanie |
| heading | nadpis (capitalized in "Nadpis 1", "Nadpis 2") | smerovanie, položka, záhlavie |
label (<label>, field/element label) | štítok | popis |
| caption (figcaption) | popis (pod obrázkom) | nadpis, titul, titulok |
| description | opis | — |
| accessibility | prístupnosť | dostupnosť |
| carousel | karusel | kolotoč |
| colour blindness | slepota na … farbu | roleta, farebná slepá |
| frame / iframe | rámec | rám |
| complex words | zložité slová | zložené slová |
| Deaf and hard of hearing | Nepočujúci a nedoslýchaví | osoby s poruchou sluchu |
| developer checks | vývojárske kontroly | kontroly vývojáře (Czech) |
| justified text | text zarovnaný do bloku | zarovnaný text |
| "click here" | „kliknite sem“ | „kliknite tu“ |
| Learn more about … | Viac informácií o … | Ďalšie informácie o … |
| To fix … | Ak to chcete opraviť … | Ak to chcete napraviť … |
| fragile (of code) | nespoľahlivý | krehký |
| raw URL | holá URL adresa | surová URL adresa |
| editors (people) | redaktori | editori |
Note: the two files diverge deliberately on table headers — sa11y-lang/sk.js uses
záhlavie, lang/sk.js uses hlavička. Both are correct; keep each file internally
consistent. No string from one surfaces beside the other in a tooltip.
Phrasing
- Quotes: Slovak typographic quotes
„…“. Never"…",", or»…«. - Verify whether →
či, notže. "Skontrolujte, či je dostupný prepis." ("Uistite sa, že …" is correct — different verb.) - Imperative, not nominalized. "Odstráňte prázdne odkazy", not "Odstránenie prázdnych odkazov".
- Reflexive passive over
byť+ participle (Germanism): "Nenašli sa žiadne obrázky", not "Neboli nájdené žiadne obrázky". - Statements stay statements. English sentences ending in
.must not become?. sa zdá byťis machine-translation filler. Preferje zrejme …orsa líši od ….aniafter a negated verb, notalebo: "nemal obsahovať prípony súborov ani rozmery".- Untranslated English left inside markup ("Head %(level)", "Normal", "Paragraph", "strong importance", "4th") is a red flag — translate it (Nadpis / Normálny / Odsek / silný dôraz / 4.).
Mechanics
- Keep
%(...)placeholders identical in count, spelling and order toen.js/baseAll.js. Placeholder names are case-sensitive (%(TEXT)≠%(text)). - Keep HTML markup,
{B}/{C}/{L}/{ALT}tokens, and<hr>separators unchanged. src/lang/*.jskeys must matchsrc/lang/baseAll.jsexactly, except that translations may addMETA_MAX/META_SCALABLEtips (most do) to override the Sa11y fallback.- Localize documentation links where a locale exists:
support.google.com/docs/answer/6199477?hl=sk,support.microsoft.com/sk-sk/office/….
Plurals
Counted phrases use CLDR plural categories via pluralKey() in
src/js/utils/utils.js. For a base key, a language supplies
${base}_one, _two, _few, _many, _zero only for the categories it actually
inflects; every other count falls back to the base key. Languages with a single plural form
need no extra strings.
Never invent count thresholds — check the real categories first:
const pr = new Intl.PluralRules('sk');
[1, 2, 3, 5, 21, 101].map((n) => `${n}:${pr.select(n)}`);
// [ '1:one', '2:few', '3:few', '5:other', '21:other', '101:other' ]
Slovak uses one (1), few (2-4) and other (5+). Note that Slovak does not restart the cycle at 21 or 101, unlike Polish, Ukrainian, Lithuanian and Slovene.
| Key | Count | Slovak |
|---|---|---|
main_toggle_1 | exactly 1 | Jedno upozornenie na prístupnosť |
main_toggle_2 | exactly 2 | Dve upozornenia na prístupnosť |
main_toggle_few | 3-4 | upozornenia na prístupnosť |
main_toggle_plural | 5+ (fallback) | upozornení na prístupnosť |
PANEL_DISMISS_BUTTON_one | 1 | Zobraziť %(dismissCount) skryté upozornenie |
PANEL_DISMISS_BUTTON_few | 2-4 | Zobraziť %(dismissCount) skryté upozornenia |
PANEL_DISMISS_BUTTON | 5+ (fallback) | Zobraziť %(dismissCount) skrytých upozornení |
buttonHideHiddenAlerts_few | 2-4 | Skryť %(count) skryté upozornenia |
buttonHideHiddenAlerts | 5+ (fallback) | Skryť %(count) skrytých upozornení |
main_toggle_1 and main_toggle_2 spell the number out and match on the literal count, so they
are not plural categories. buttonHideHiddenAlerts is only ever called with 2 or more, which is
why Slovak needs no _one for it.
Inflect the adjective too, not just the noun: skryté upozornenia (few) vs skrytých upozornení (other).
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