[Ubuntu-l10n-eng] The Deleted Items saga
Bruce Cowan
bruce.cowan at dsl.pipex.com
Sat Sep 30 20:24:09 BST 2006
First of all, I do not like the changing of Wastebasket to Deleted
Items. I think that neither of them are perfect, but Wastebasket is
slightly better as it is less awkward, and smaller. Also, there is a
ambiguity in choosing either "Deleted items" or "Deleted items folder"
for a specific string. I also think that consistency with other Linuxes
is paramount. A poll of 30 people shouldn't decide a substantial change
in localisation policy.
I realise that it's too late to back out of it for Edgy, but I think we
should revert back to Wastebasket for Edgy+1 until a consensus is found
on a better phrase (approved by gnome-uk too).
Anyway, people seem to be capitalising incorrectly. Consider this
string in Nautilus:
If this is set to true, an icon linking to the Deleted Items folder will
be put on the desktop.
Original string:
If this is set to true, an icon linking to the trash will be put on the
desktop.
Surely, deleted items should not have capital letters at the beginning
of each word, as trash didn't in this sentence. I don't want to "fix"
this without asking for the rest of this team's opinions.
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Bruce Cowan <https://launchpad.net/people/bruce89>
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