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Italian terminology and dynamic UI labels

This note goes with the completion of the Italian catalog (crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/it.tsv). The catalog already covered every key cargo xtask i18n-coverage measures, but it lacked 1,287 labels that only exist at runtime and that other catalogs (Brazilian Portuguese, Dutch, Czech) already translate: filter and adjustment parameter names, Camera Raw panels, lighting effects, History, Layers, path and channel menu labels, metadata fields, status messages, System Info and dialog text. In Italian those showed in English. They are now translated, and a review pass fixed mistranslations and inconsistent terms in the existing entries. Translations are written from the meaning of Picto's English labels; no proprietary translation resources, fonts, screenshots or user documents are included.

Register and style

Commands are imperatives in the second person singular (Elimina, Applica, Crea pacchetto); text addresses the user as tu. Only the first word is capitalised, except in command names joined by a slash, which keep both capitals (Luminosità/Contrasto, HSL/Scala di grigio). Decimals use a comma.

Terminology

English source Italian Note
Layer Livello
Canvas Quadro also in Come il quadro, Applica ai limiti del quadro
Preset Predefinito Salva come predefinito
Default(s) Predefinito / Predefiniti never default or valori predefiniti
Stroke Traccia contour and painterly strokes alike (Tracce angolate, Direzione traccia); a dash stays Tratto
Sharpen Contrasta / Contrasto also in Camera Raw (Quantità contrasto)
Noise Disturbo Riduzione disturbo di luminanza, Riduzione disturbo cromatico
Highlights Luci pairs with Ombre
Snapshot Istantanea
Smart Filters Filtri avanzati
Pattern Pattern Timbro pattern
Gradient stops Punti della sfumatura
Spot color Tinta piatta Canale tinta piatta
Click clic Fai clic, {key}-clic, doppio clic
Keyboard shortcut Scorciatoia da tastiera
Footage Filmato Interpreta filmato, Sostituisci filmato
Facet Sfaccetta
SemiBold / ExtraBold / ExtraLight Semigrassetto / Extragrassetto / Extraleggero one spelling for every weight
(Color) Mode Metodo Cambia metodo condizionale, never modo
Trap Trapping the prepress term; Sovrastampa is overprint, a different thing
HDR Toning Mappatura tonale HDR tone mapping; Viraggio stays for colour toning (Viraggio separato)
Bevel & Emboss Smusso e rilievo pairs with Rilievo (Emboss)
Linked (smart object) Oggetto collegato Inserisci oggetto collegato, Converti in oggetto collegato
Screen (blend mode) Scherma the blend mode; Schermo stays for the display (Modalità schermo, Risoluzione schermo)
Dodge / Burn / Sponge (tools) Scherma / Brucia / Spugna the tools, one family. Scherma is also the Screen blend mode (Adobe's own collision). Schiarisci is the Lighten blend mode and is never the Dodge tool

Native review

2026-10-13: Screen was Schermo — the display, not the blend mode — and is now Scherma, the word Adobe uses. The Dodge/Burn/Sponge tools were left as they were (Scherma, Brucia, Spugna): a first pass also wanted to rename the Dodge tool to Schiarisci, but that is the Lighten blend mode and would have given two different things the same name. Keep the tool family's names together when editing these rows.

2026-10-12: a native Italian speaker read the catalog and fixed mistranslations (Trap, HDR Toning, Display Text, Vine Color, Override Action "Save" Commands) and unnatural phrasing (Bevel & Emboss, East Asian / Middle Eastern Features, linked smart objects, bit depth labels).

Not covered

Engine error and status messages, user document, layer and preset names, and automation command IDs stay in English, as in every language. A few dynamic labels the other catalogs carry (Ask Before Saving Saved Embedded, Clear Selection, the Heal family) are not used by the current code; they are translated to stay aligned with the other catalogs.

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