add a context note to AppShortcuts.strings explaining intentional phrasing variations

[fateh-bouyahiaoui]

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While localizing AppShortcuts.strings to Arabic, we noticed several different English phrasings used for what appears to be the same underlying action, for example:

"Open password generator", "Launch ... password creator", "Show the ... generator", "Access password maker", "Start ... password builder", "Load the password creator" — all seemingly pointing to the same Generator feature.
"Lock all ... accounts", "Secure every ... account", "Freeze every ... account", "Lock up all accounts in ...", "Activate full lock for ..." — multiple phrasings for what seems like the same lock action.

We initially assumed these were inconsistencies worth standardizing in the source — but suspect they're actually intentional, designed to widen Siri voice-command matching (so users can trigger the same shortcut using different natural phrasings).
If that's correct, would it be possible to add a short context note (e.g., as a Crowdin string context, or a code comment) along the lines of "Intentional phrasing variation for voice command matching — do not standardize across languages"?
This would save other language teams (across the 65+ supported languages) from the same investigation, and clarify whether per-language phrasing variation is expected/desired too, or whether it only matters for the English source.
Happy to help if useful!

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[djsmith85]

Thank you @fateh-bouyahiaoui, I have passed the feedback on to the responsible team.

[fateh-bouyahiaoui]

Thank you, Daniel!
Appreciate you taking the time to follow up on this, hope it helps the team either way.

[dwbit]

Closing this one out as it has been passed to the team.