Proofreading

data/ui/app_type_dialog.blp

@@ -11,21 +11,21 @@ template GradienceAppTypeDialog : Adw.MessageDialog {
       orientation: vertical;
       Label {
         styles ["heading"]
-        label: _("Select application types you want to theme:");
+        label: _("Select application types to theme:");
       }
       CheckButton gtk4-app-type {
         label: _("Libadwaita and GTK 4 Applications");
         active: true;
       }
       CheckButton gtk3-app-type {
-        label: _("GTK 3 Applications (adw-gtk3 theme is required)");
+        label: _("GTK 3 Applications (adw-gtk3 theme required)");
       }
     }
     // Box {
     //   orientation: vertical;
     //   Label {
     //     styles ["heading"]
-    //     label: _("Select color mode you want to affect:");
+    //     label: _("Select color mode to theme:");
     //   }
     //   CheckButton dark {
     //     label: _("Dark");

data/ui/custom_css_group.blp

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ using Adw 1;
 
 template GradienceCustomCSSGroup : Adw.PreferencesGroup {
   title: _("Custom CSS");
-  description: _("Changing this may break some programs. Keep in mind that Libadwaita was made so that applications could hardcode values like paddings and margins.");
+  description: _("Changing this may break some programs. Libadwaita allows applications to hardcode values like padding and margins, and using custom CSS may cause unintended breakage.");
 
   [header-suffix]
   DropDown app_type_dropdown {

data/ui/log_out_dialog.blp

@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ using Gtk 4.0;
 using Adw 1;
 
 template GradienceLogOutDialog : Adw.MessageDialog {
-  heading: _("Log out");
-  body: _("For the changes to take full effect, you need to log out.");
+  heading: _("Log out");  // TODO: redundant? how can we not repeat ourselves?
+  body: _("Log out to allow changes to take effect.");
 }

data/ui/monet_theming_group.blp

@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ using Adw 1;
 
 template GradienceMonetThemingGroup : Adw.PreferencesGroup {
   title: _("Monet Engine");
-  description: _("Monet is an engine that generates a Material Design 3 palette from extracting image's colors.");
+  description: _("Monet Engine generates a Material You color palette from an image.");
 
   Adw.ExpanderRow monet-theming-expander {
     title: _("Monet Engine Options");
-    subtitle: _("Choose an image, and change the parameters of a generated Monet palette");
+    subtitle: _("Choose an image and modify generated Monet palette");
     expanded: true;
 
     [action]
@@ -42,3 +42,4 @@ Gtk.FileChooserNative monet-file-chooser {
   modal: true;
   //response => on_monet_file_chooser_response();
 }
+

data/ui/no_plugin_window.blp

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ template GradienceNoPluginPrefWindow : Adw.PreferencesWindow {
       name: "empty";
       icon-name: "action-unavailable-symbolic";
       title: _("No Preferences");
-      description: _("This plugin doesn't have any preferences.");
+      description: _("This plugin has no preferences.");
     }
   }
 }

data/ui/preset_row.blp

@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ template GradiencePresetRow : Adw.ExpanderRow {
 
   Adw.ActionRow description {
     title: _("Description");
-    subtitle: _("Sorry, but this preset don't have a description.");
+    subtitle: _("This preset has no description.");
   }
 
   Adw.ActionRow {

data/ui/presets_manager_window.blp

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ template GradiencePresetWindow : Adw.Window {
           Button import_button {
             styles ["suggested-action"]
             label: _("Import");
-            tooltip-text: _("Import a Preset File");
+            tooltip-text: _("Import Preset File");
             clicked => on_import_button_clicked();
           }
 

data/ui/reset_preset_group.blp

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ using Adw 1;
 
 template GradienceResetPresetGroup : Adw.PreferencesGroup {
   title: _("Reset and Restore Presets");
-  description: _("This section allows you to reset a currently applied preset or restore the previous one.");
+  description: _("Reset a currently applied preset or restore the previous one.");
 
   Adw.ActionRow {
     title: _("Libadwaita and GTK 4 Applications");

data/ui/shell_prefs_window.blp

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ template GradienceShellPrefsWindow : Adw.PreferencesWindow {
   Adw.PreferencesPage {
     Adw.PreferencesGroup custom-colors-group {
       title: _("Custom Shell Colors");
-      description: _("This section allows you to customize colors that will be used in the Shell theme.");
+      description: _("Customize shell theme colors.");
     }
   }
 }

data/ui/shell_theming_group.blp

@@ -3,18 +3,18 @@ using Adw 1;
 
 template GradienceShellThemingGroup : Adw.PreferencesGroup {
   title: _("Shell Engine");
-  description: _("Shell Engine generates a custom GNOME Shell theme based on the colors of a currently selected preset.\nWARNING: Extensions that modify Shell stylesheet can cause issues with themes.");
+  description: _("Shell Engine generates a custom GNOME Shell theme based on the currently selected preset.\nWARNING: Extensions that modify the Shell stylesheet may cause issues with themes.");
 
   Adw.ExpanderRow shell-theming-expander {
     title: _("Shell Engine Options");
-    subtitle: _("Change the parameters of a generated GNOME Shell theme");
+    subtitle: _("Change the generated GNOME Shell theme");
     expanded: true;
 
     [action]
     Button shell-apply-button {
       valign: center;
       label: _("Apply");
-      tooltip-text: _("Apply a Shell theme");
+      tooltip-text: _("Apply Shell theme");
       clicked => on_apply_button_clicked();
       styles ["suggested-action"]
     }
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ template GradienceShellThemingGroup : Adw.PreferencesGroup {
 
     Adw.ComboRow variant-row {
       title: _("Preset Variant");
-      subtitle: _("Select which preset variant you have currently applied");
+      subtitle: _("Select currently applied preset variant");
     }
   }
 }
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ Adw.ActionRow other-options-row {
   Button reset_theme_button {
     valign: center;
     label: _("Reset Theme");
-    tooltip-text: _("Reset an applied theme");
+    tooltip-text: _("Reset applied theme");
     clicked => on_reset_theme_clicked();
     styles ["destructive-action"]
   }

data/ui/welcome_window.blp

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ template GradienceWelcomeWindow: Adw.Window {
 
                             Adw.StatusPage page_welcome {
                                 title: _("Welcome to Gradience");
-                                description: _("Change the look of Adwaita, with ease");
+                                description: _("Change the look of Adwaita with ease");
                             }
 
                         }
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ template GradienceWelcomeWindow: Adw.Window {
                             hexpand: true;
                             icon-name: "larger-brush-symbolic";
                             title: _("Customize Adwaita Theme");
-                            description: _("Change colors of windows, buttons, lists and more, with advanced features like adding custom CSS.");
+                            description: _("Change colors of windows, buttons, lists and more; with advanced features like adding custom CSS.");
                         }
 
                         Adw.StatusPage page_configure {
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ template GradienceWelcomeWindow: Adw.Window {
                                         [suffix]
                                         Switch switch_adw_gtk3 {
                                             valign: center;
-                                            tooltip-text: _("Install adw-gtk3 theme for legacy apps theming");
+                                            tooltip-text: _("Install adw-gtk3 theme for legacy app theming");
                                         }
                                     }
 
@@ -131,8 +131,8 @@ template GradienceWelcomeWindow: Adw.Window {
                         Adw.StatusPage page_download {
                             vexpand: true;
                             hexpand: true;
-                            title: _("Installing Themes");
-                            description: _("Please wait until theme will be installed.");
+                            title: _("Installing adw-gtk3");
+                            description: _("Please wait until theme will be installed.");  // i don't think we need this, just a "Installing adw-gtk3…" might be enough
 
                             Gtk.Box {
                                 orientation: vertical;

gradience/frontend/widgets/option_row.py

@@ -49,12 +49,12 @@ def __init__(self, name, title, explanation=None, adw_gtk3_support=None, update_
         elif adw_gtk3_support == "partial":
             self.warning_button.add_css_class("warning")
             self.warning_label.set_label(
-                _("This option is only partially supported by the adw-gtk3 theme.")
+                _("This option is only partially supported by adw-gtk3.")
             )
         elif adw_gtk3_support == "no":
             self.warning_button.add_css_class("error")
             self.warning_label.set_label(
-                _("This option is not supported by the adw-gtk3 theme.")
+                _("This option is not supported by adw-gtk3.")
             )
 
         self.explanation_label.set_label(explanation or "")