Re: Translation of program names

[Christian Rose <menthos gnome org>]

fre 2003-10-31 klockan 13.22 skrev Danilo Segan:
> Thanks for sharing it. But noone still answered my real _implicit_  
> question: can I submit bug reports for program names which are not  
> marked as translatable (whether I'll just keep them, transliterate  
> them, or translate them is a different thing: I think we have brought  
> valid points for any of the choices, so it's not developers who should  
> decide on it).
> 
> Would developers accept that these *might* need translation at all? I  
> noticed that some would, but others wouldn't. That's why we need a  
> policy just like 'English is used for GUI, comments, code,  
> documentation' in Gnome, which practically insists on software names  
> being in English.
> 
> I suggest: 'All user visible strings should be marked for translation,  
> including program names'.

Well, to sum the thread up, I think most application developers can be
convinced that transliteration of names sometimes is a necessary thing.
You've provided enough evidence for that.

Translation of proper names is an entirely different matter, though.


Christian