[Design] Re: [Chandler-dev] EuroPython Localization wrap up and next steps

[Philippe Bossut]

Hi,

Heikki Toivonen wrote:
>
> I don't see how that is not a fair comparison. When email was invented,
> the developers had to decide on terminology. They decided to call these
> bits "electronic mail". And people who translated that to different
> languages chose to translate the terms as well, not use them as is.
>
>   
Just to add my 0.02 Euros here :)
- The French word for "email" is "courriel". Though not super popular in 
street linguo, it's the term used by Mail.app for instance in the French 
translation so that's the work I used in Chandler
- When localizing Chandler in French, I translated "Dashboard" in 
"Tableau de bord" which has the same multi morphic capabilities as its 
English counterpart. To be honest, I don't think I could leave 
"Dashboard" in the UI as is it really doesn't evoke anything into the 
mind of a French speaking user...

So, even if the swede feel that "Dashboard" is ok in Swedish, I'd vote 
to leave that string translatable and let localizers use the same or a 
different one.

I agree though that proper names like "Chandler" or "OSAF" should not be 
changed as well as "Hub" as is part of the URL name of our internet service.

Cheers,
- Philippe