Re: [Ubuntu-l10n-eng] Divergences between ubuntu-l10n and gnome-i18n regarding en_GB
- From: Bruce Cowan <bruce cowan dsl pipex com>
- To: A list for English translations <ubuntu-l10n-eng lists ubuntu com>
- Cc: gnome-uk-list gnome org
- Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-l10n-eng] Divergences between ubuntu-l10n and gnome-i18n regarding en_GB
- Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 22:50:56 +0100
On Wed, 2006-09-13 at 22:15 +0100, David Lodge wrote:
> Microsoft only really pay lip service to UK translation - most of their
> apps don't have a translation and it's still the "Recycle Bin" in Windows.
> Mac OS X is even worse - it's still "Trash". Our friends in KDE call it
> the "Waste Bin". Outlook uses "Deleted Items" and "Dumpster" (the deleted
> item's deleted items).
Surely they don't do any translation at all. Even in MS Office, the
strings are still "color". They obviously don't bother at all, and this
is thus a huge advantage that free software has.
Good work getting 99.95% en_GB translation in GNOME, I hope these
changes will appear in Ubuntu soon.
--
Bruce Cowan <https://launchpad.net/people/bruce89>
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