Re: "Item" in Nautilus

[Åsmund Skjæveland <asmund skjaveland bio uio no>]

On Tue, 08 May 2012 14:46:03 +0300, Ihar Hrachyshka 
<ihar hrachyshka gmail com> wrote:
> On 05/08/2012 02:32 PM, Åsmund Skjæveland wrote:
> > I'm having a bit of difficulty with the word "Item" in Nautilus when
> > translating to Norwegian Nynorsk (nn_NO). "Item" is used in place of
> > "File", i.e. "Move item to Trash", "Rename item" etc. I have 
> > difficulty
> > finding a short generic word to translate it with, the generic words 
> > I
> > can find feel clumsy or are rather long.
>
> Anything like 'object' or 'element' in your language?

"element" can be used, or "oppføring" ("list point", more or less). If 
I can't think of anything better, I'll use "oppføring".

> > Is there any reason to not translate it as "file"?
>
> Yes. Item may mean both file and directory and FIFO and any other 
> file
> system node.

Ok.

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Å. Skjæveland