https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=171970

--- Comment #5 from Jonathan Clark <[email protected]> ---
As a native English speaker, I think User Data is more appropriate. "Profile"
and "Identity" both imply a short biographical summary, and wouldn't include
things like user settings or templates. As an established IT term, "User
Profile" would be a reasonable substitute, but it again uses the same noun
adjunct that causes this translation problem.

The strings Heiko mentioned also sound awkward if substituted in this way. The
message "No user data available" makes the situation clear to me: I need to
configure something. "No identity available" reads like a generic internal
software error I'm not supposed to understand. In this case, the noun adjunct
is important for indicating who is responsible for fixing the issue. It can't
be left out without changing the meaning of the string.

I think it would be better if translation teams came up with their own
language-specific style guides for resolving these issues. This isn't an
English problem, so I don't think it would be necessary to change the English
translation to solve it.

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