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Great! There are a few sensitive keys.

Rephrase, don’t translate

• Key - Why
• noTts - Names the language the player picked, so write yours. Not “English”.
• formatHint, teacherGuideFormat - 12h/24h help. Leave both out unless your language writes AM/PM (only en, la, ar do).
• teacherGuideDifficultyText - Drop the AM/PM sentence if your language is 24-hour; say Medium shows the whole day in 24-hour time.
• masteryCell{Hours,Halves,Quarters,Fives,Minutes} - Captions under 56px boxes. Keep them symbols (½h, ¼h, 5m), never spelled out.
• matchThis - Sits above the target; English is 16 characters. Over ~30 and it wraps on a phone. |
• experiment / challenge - Adjacent buttons. Pick two words a pre-reader can tell apart at a glance.
• themeClassic - A theme name, not “Default” (Wonderland is the default).

One name, everywhere

Pick once, then reuse the exact wording in every key listed:

• Clock Check-Up — checkupBtnLabel, and inside teacherGuideModesText, teacherGuideStatsText, teacherGuideParentTipText, verdictNone, tipTryCheckup, tipRecheck, checkupNotYet. It cannot be failed, so avoid your language’s word for a school test or exam.
• Everyday Clock Master — tier_everyday, certHeading, teacherGuideParentTipText. “Everyday” means ordinary day-to-day clocks.
• Stickers — stickers, showParentStats, teacherGuideMultiplayersText.

Tone

• Keys - Voice
• failMsgs, run*, greatJob, hint*, mastery*, levelUp, mode + difficulty buttons - To the child. Warm, plain, never scolding.
• verdict*, tip*, showParent*, checkupResult, learnResult, teacherGuide* - About the child, to an adult.
• certHeading*, certBody* - Formal, and claim no more than the English does.

verdict* states what the child can already do; tip* says what to do next.