[chandler-users] Regarding the brazillian portuguese translation

[Brian Kirsch]

Hi Fulvio,

> However, one problem that I couldn't resolve is how to avoid  
> ambiguities.
> In translating strings, you don't know where these strings appear:  
> how to avoid that two different entries in the same menu have the  
> same shortcut? or that a global shortcut (eg. Ctrl-T for Today)  
> conflicts with other functions?
>
> Do you have any guidelines?

That is an excellent point and one that greatly frustrates me with  
mnemonics.

I wish I had a brilliant answer for you but the reality is with  
mnemonics these
problems occur all the time.

I personally don't like mnemonics as they interfere with the  
localization process
but that is the default convention for GUI apps so one has to work  
with what is
given.

Ways to improve the process would be more detailed localizer comments  
in the
pot templates detailing where the string and its mnemonic are used
as well as increased QA and functional testing.

-Brian



On May 15, 2008, at 10:24 PM, Fulvio Corno wrote:

> Dear Brian,
>
> Brian Kirsch wrote:
>> The & is for mnemonic keyboard shortcuts. The character after the &  
>> is what is used for the shortcut ie. &Save would be ctrl-s on  
>> Windows. There is no perfect science with mnemonics. Just choose  
>> the character that closest matches the intent of the action for the  
>> pt_BR locale.
> Some time ago I started working on the Italian localization, and  
> keyboard shortcuts were difficult to choose.
> Basically, if a function is already available on other applications  
> (e.g., Office products), I tried to use the same translation and the  
> same shortcut. Otherwise, I tried to re-use the English shortcut (to  
> ease documentation, for example).
>
> However, one problem that I couldn't resolve is how to avoid  
> ambiguities.
> In translating strings, you don't know where these strings appear:  
> how to avoid that two different entries in the same menu have the  
> same shortcut? or that a global shortcut (eg. Ctrl-T for Today)  
> conflicts with other functions?
>
> Do you have any guidelines?
>
> Best regards
> Fulvio
>
> -- 
> Fulvio Corno  <Fulvio.Corno at polito.it>
> Politecnico di Torino - Dip. di Automatica e Informatica
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