Change erroneous mentions of "private world" to "private instance" when referring to instance privacy
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ʙɪɢ․
As discussed in the localization discord, we came to the conclusion that the string #22755 "User Is Online in a Private World" refers to private instances as "private worlds", which could lead to confusion.
While technically not incorrect, as this could be interpreted as "the world this person is in is currently private to you, the viewer specifically", this can definitely be interpreted (especially upon translation) that the world itself is set to private and not that it's private to the viewer due to instance privacy and user status.
I strongly believe replacing mentions of "private worlds" that are referring to instances the user cannot access should be replaced with "private instance" to prevent translations of these strings being interpreted incorrectly. (Alongside it just being slightly more correct terminology.)
Here are all the strings I could find that refer to private instances as "private worlds":
- #15139 "{0} is in a private world. Would you like to request an invitation?"
- #22755 "User Is Online in a Private World"
- #24093 "Online in Private Worlds"
- #24101 "Users in Private Worlds"
- #35264 "Online in Private Worlds ({0})"
- #25569 "World is private" (This one might actually be due to a world itself being private but I'm including it anyway just in case, ignore if so.)
- #25559 "User is in a private world." (I'm unsure about this one as well.)
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White Lotuz
Merged in a post:
"User Is Online in a Private World" in the user's profile page isn't translated
nekochanfood
I've approved 22755, but it seems not translated in the client.
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White Lotuz
Merging as the post above is flagging the work from the main post isn't displaying for users yet which is correct right now. As status mentions, work is done just waiting for a next client update to show up in all your UI's :)
naqtn
* The discussion in the localization discord is here: https://discord.com/channels/1096246414603997194/1154207112176607275/1223228896883904554
* Although I agree that "instance" is better than "world", I think "private" is also problematic. For example, if your friend is in Public access type instance and sets their status "Ask Me", then the location indication of user detail will be #22755 "User Is Online in a Private World".
So, it is "Public," but also, at the same time, it is "Private". That is strange because they are opposite in a general sense.
* Some Japanese users say like, "private or friend plus" (actually, they use shortened Japanese slang "プラベ" pu-ra-be ). In this context, the "private" seems to mean "Invite or Invite+". This usage might relate to "private matchs" in other games like Splatoon, Apex, etc. In these games, players need some invitation to participate in the match. That system is just like Invite or Invite+ instance in VRChat. So, also, in this sense, "private" is ambiguous.
* Overall, I want the dev team to reconsider this "private world" terminology well internally. IMO, "hidden place" might work better.
StormRel
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