Brutkey

Niléane
@nileane@nileane.fr

Btw, English-speaking devs: I'd rather you not offer any localization for your app than some really poor automatic (or even LLM-powered) translations that end up being confusing and frustrating more than anything.

Please just spend the time or money to do it well. 🙏

Niléane
@nileane@nileane.fr

Even Apple's to blame here.

Here's the Weather app incorrectly labeling a heat wave weather alert as “Intempéries,” which is only used in French to describe wet weather conditions, such as storms, heavy rain, or snow, and never in the context of extreme heat.

I strongly suspect the person who localized this string simply looked up the translation for the original string “Severe Weather” and chose “Intempéries” as the first result they found.

I filed a feedback for this issue almost exactly 3 years ago today, but Apple marked it as “works as currently designed.”

Stéphane Moussie
@Stephmouss@piaille.fr

@nileane@nileane.fr J’en peux plus de cet « intempérie » complètement à l’ouest.

Niléane
@nileane@nileane.fr

And if that's not clear:

No, to a French-speaking person, using "Intempéries" to describe a heat wave makes absolutely no sense.

Robb Knight
@robb@social.lol

@nileane@nileane.fr everyone knows it should be le heatwave come on apple

Joe Rosensteel 🏳️‍🌈
@joesteel@duck.haus

@nileane@nileane.fr Just for my own personal edification, what is the proper way to translate that heat wave warning?

Niléane
@nileane@nileane.fr

@joesteel@duck.haus There is a specific word for that in French: "Canicule" https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canicule

This is the word 99% of French people recognize and use to talk about heat waves and government-issued heat wave warnings (i.e., Le Monde here if you want an example: https://www.lemonde.fr/planete/article/2025/08/11/la-canicule-monte-d-un-cran-dans-le-sud-ouest-je-ne-joue-pas-avec-la-chaleur_6628050_3245.html)

Niléane
@nileane@nileane.fr

@robb@social.lol 🥖

Ben Ford :grinchsmile:
@binford2k@hachyderm.io

@nileane@nileane.fr @joesteel@duck.haus if I understand properly, what you’re saying is that there is no direct translation for “severe weather”

Joe Rosensteel 🏳️‍🌈
@joesteel@duck.haus

@nileane@nileane.fr Merci

Niléane
@nileane@nileane.fr

@binford2k@hachyderm.io @joesteel@duck.haus Well yes there is, you could say "Phénomène météorologique violent"' for instance.

I think the label should say "Canicule" though when it's about a heatwave.

Niléane
@nileane@nileane.fr

@binford2k@hachyderm.io @joesteel@duck.haus Well yes there is, you could say "Phénomène météorologique violent"' for instance.

I think the label should say "Canicule" though when it's about a heatwave.