Wrong or inconsistent Korean translation for "activation key"

[kwon0408]

Microsoft PowerToys version

0.68.1

Utility with translation issue

General

🌐 Language affected

Korean

❌ Actual phrase(s)

• 활성화 바로가기 키 (Always on Top)
• 활성화 바로가기 (Color Picker; FancyZones)
• 활성화 바로 가기 (Mouse Jump; Paste as Plain Text; PowerToys Run; Screen Ruler; Text Extractor)
• 바로 가기 활성화 (Mouse Highlighter; Mouse Pointer Crosshairs)
• 정품 인증키 (Quick Accent)
• 바로 가기 (Video Conference Mute)

✔️ Expected phrase(s)

단축키 바로 가기 키 (for all cases)

ℹ Why is the current translation wrong

정품 인증키 means product activation key (a.k.a. serial code, CD key etc.) so this is obviously wrong.

바로 가기 활성화 means "to activate a shortcut", not "a shortcut to activate a feature".

@"활성화 바로 ?가기( 키)?" (yes, this is a C#-style regex) is not that bad here, but is inconsistent from feature to feature.

Finally, the phrase 바로 가기 implies that this is a shortcut icon (on Desktop or in a folder, in Windows Explorer context) rather than a shortcut key. 단축키 is more appropriate here.

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Edit 2025-01-06: The expected phrase was changed to comply with Windows Explorer's Properties dialog.

[crutkas]

https://microsoft.visualstudio.com/OS/_workitems/edit/44326213 /loc

[microsoft-github-policy-service]

Hi! Thanks for making us aware of the problem. We raised the issue with our internal localization team. This issue should be fixed hopefully in the next version of PowerToys.

[crutkas]

This should be fixed in a newer build such as .70.1, can you please verify? /needinfo

[kwon0408]

Utility	v0.68.1	v0.70.1	Changed?
Always on Top	활성화 바로가기 키	활성화 바로 가기 키	Only a single space added
Color Picker	활성화 바로가기	활성화 바로 가기	Only a single space added
FancyZones	활성화 바로가기	활성화 바로 가기	Only a single space added
Mouse Highlighter	바로 가기 활성화	바로 가기 활성화	No
Mouse Jump	활성화 바로 가기	활성화 바로 가기	No
Mouse Pointer Crosshairs	바로 가기 활성화	바로 가기 활성화	No
Paste as Plain Text	활성화 바로 가기	활성화 바로 가기	No
Peek	N/A	활성화 바로 가기	N/A
PowerToys Run	활성화 바로 가기	활성화 바로 가기	No
Quick Accent	정품 인증키	정품 인증키	No
Screen Ruler	활성화 바로 가기	활성화 바로 가기	No
Text Extractor	활성화 바로 가기	활성화 바로 가기	No
Video Conference Mute	바로 가기	바로 가기	No

None of these were changed to 단축키.

[crutkas]

/loc

[microsoft-github-policy-service]

Hi! Thanks for making us aware of the problem. We raised the issue with our internal localization team. This issue should be fixed hopefully in the next version of PowerToys.

[crutkas]

thanks, i reactivated the issue on the loc team

[crutkas]

This should be fixed in 0.76. Can you please validate /needinfo

[kwon0408]

Checked at v0.76.2.
Nothing changed since v0.70.1 shown above, and even the new Crop And Lock also refers shortcuts as 바로 가기.
Should I uninstall and then reinstall PowerToys rather than update it?

[Naetmul]

This issue contains a partial error.

The correct term is "바로 가기 키," not "단축키."
Since Windows 98, Microsoft has consistently used "바로 가기 키" to refer to "shortcut key," not "단축키."

However, aside from the issue with "바로 가기 키," all other points raised are correct. The translation is generally inconsistent and inaccurate.

[kwon0408]

As far as I know 단축키 is currently widely used in Korean, but as I have checked that 바로 가기 키 is more proper in Windows context, so I will change the proposal.