Re: Patch to get rid of contractions in Nautilus strings

[Claude Paroz <claude 2xlibre net>]

Le samedi 29 mars 2008 à 19:40 +0100, Gabor Kelemen a écrit :
> Claude Paroz írta:
> >> [1] http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=145356
> > 
> > For me, it's a lot of string fuzzying for *very* few added value. Hours
> > of translator work for nothing. 
> 
> For me too. But this is about improving the original strings, which is
> _good_ for native english speaking users - for a 
> quite big user base. 

If it is really an improvement for native English speakers, I would say
OK. But I don't understand why the contracted form is so bad. Anyway,
I'm not a native English speaker, so let's experts do their job ;-)

Claude

> Therefore, I'd say commit it, even if it doesn't has any benefit for
> my language. We are at the 
> beginning of the cycle, so I think it's a rather tolerable change.
> 
> Regards
> Gabor Kelemen
> 
> Sorry to be so negative, but I really
> > don't see the point in correcting this.
> > I think this bug should be classified as WON'T FIX, and you could simply
> > instruct Nautilus devs to use non contracted form for all new strings.
> > 
> > Claude