Steam Deck "Low Battery" not showing properly when the Language is set to German.
The same happens when the language is set to ITALIAN.
The same issue occurs in Japanese. Additionally, this notification issue seems to be common to battery notifications in general; even with devices like the Steam Controller (2026), the same problematic notification is displayed.
I checked just to be sure, but screen scaling settings and the like do not seem to be related to this issue.
After looking into it a bit further, I found that while the notification in English reads BATTERY LOW - nn% for both the desktop mode and Big Picture mode, the Japanese version displays two different strings with identical meanings: バッテリーが少なくなっ(...) and バッテリー残量低下. This suggests that, in addition to the UI issue, the localized text itself appears to have unnecessary duplication or inconsistencies in wording.
After looking into it a bit further, I found that while the notification in English reads
BATTERY LOW - nn%for both the desktop mode and Big Picture mode, the Japanese version displays two different strings with identical meanings:バッテリーが少なくなっ(...)andバッテリー残量低下. This suggests that, in addition to the UI issue, the localized text itself appears to have unnecessary duplication or inconsistencies in wording.
Did you find this in the translation file? If yes could you tell me where it is located so I could check if the German localization has the same duplicate string?
After looking into it a bit further, I found that while the notification in English reads
BATTERY LOW - nn%for both the desktop mode and Big Picture mode, the Japanese version displays two different strings with identical meanings:バッテリーが少なくなっ(...)andバッテリー残量低下. This suggests that, in addition to the UI issue, the localized text itself appears to have unnecessary duplication or inconsistencies in wording.Did you find this in the translation file? If yes could you tell me where it is located so I could check if the German localization has the same duplicate string?
Hmm, I don't know exactly where the localization resources for the Steam client are located (if anyone knows which files or documentation I should refer to, please let me know).
In the meantime, I tested it again in German on my setup, and as expected, I got different text for desktop mode and Big Picture mode: NIEDRIGER LADESTAND and NIEDRIGER AKKUSTAND, respectively. In the former, the battery percentage number is attached without any spaces (showing as 16 in the screenshot), so it seems there are definitely flaws in the localized text.
As shown in the attached screenshots, the English version uses BATTERY LOW for both desktop and Big Picture modes. Since there is no apparent reason to change the text based on the mode, I believe the exact same localized string should be used across both.
Furthermore, while looking at the screenshots, I noticed something else regarding the Big Picture mode display: although the device icon (the Steam Controller 2026 in this example) is displayed in the English version, it does not appear in the Japanese or German versions.
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Expected Behavior: When the Steam Deck is on Low Battery at the bottom right a Message will appear with "Low Battery" this Message is cut off when the Deck is set to German. The Translation is not wrong.
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