I would like to clarify some matters regarding the Ubuntu en_GB translation team. Before I continue, please read our homepage[1] to have some idea of what we are about. I have been responsible for much of the recent direction and effort of this team. We recognise that most written dialects of English (especially within the Commonwealth) differ only slightly from en_GB, and to this end we are trying to create a unified English translation. This means that we take into account usage in other countries as well. While we have a preference for usage in Britain, we avoid words that are not recognised by the majority of English speakers worldwide. In this way, an en_GB translation can benefit a wide section of the world's population. Take for example the debate over what to name the 'Trash'. We settled on Deleted Items for a number of reasons, which are chronicled on our mailing list[2]. To summarise, 'Wastebasket', 'Wastebin' and especially 'Trash' sound foreign to many English speakers, so we sought an alternative. Google is already using 'Deleted Items [folder]' in the UK translation for Gmail. Following a detailed discussion, I decided to hold a poll[3] on the issue. We definitely look forward towards working with other l10n groups, whether it be vertically (e.g. GNOME and KDE) or horizontally (e.g. different en groups and other distros). [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EnglishTranslation [2] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-l10n-eng/2006-August/thread.html, https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-l10n-eng/2006-August/000024.html and https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-l10n-eng/2006-August/000081.html [3] https://launchpad.net/people/ubuntu-l10n-en-gb/+poll/trash-naming -- Sridhar Dhanapalan {GnuPG/OpenPGP: http://www.dhanapalan.com/yama.asc 0x049D38B4 : A7A9 8A02 78CB AB1B FCE4 EEC6 2DD9 249B 049D 38B4} Communism is when everyone is a capitalist.
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