[Shotwell] Shotwell 0.11: Call for Testing
Sam Vilain
sam at vilain.net
Fri Aug 19 15:09:17 UTC 2011
On 19/08/11 13:51, oliver wrote:
> Instead the English version shows the correct button contents
>>
>> +-------------+ +-----------------+ +---------------------+
>> | Cancel | | Copy photos | | Import in place |
>> +-------------+ +-----------------+ +---------------------+
>>
>> From the german context the correct inscription could be something
>> like
>>
>> +-------------+ +-----------------+ +------------------------+
>> | Abbrechen | | Fotos kopieren | | Import durch Verlinken |
>> +-------------+ +-----------------+ +------------------------+
> [...]
>
> Yes, I saw the same problem in an older version.
> Good that you mention it; I forgot to to that.
>
> It really irritated me, when I saw that selection...
>
> "Verlinken" means linking.
> Thats the term I also used when talking about spreaded
> "repositories"/databases.
>
> I'm not sure if this term "linking" is the best way to express it.
> Someone might understand it as linking on the filesystem level,
> as done with ln(1).
>
> But I also have no better term for it.
Can I suggest that the term "import" is the problem; you're setting up
that implication of taking in and then trying to negate it straight
away. Maybe change that to "Scan photos only" ?
Ah, bikeshedding. I'm contributing! :)
Sam
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