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List:       kde-i18n-doc
Subject:    Re: A question from the kde-usability list...
From:       Lukas Tinkl <lukas () kde ! org>
Date:       2002-04-30 9:22:16
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Dne úterý 30. duben 2002 11:15 Simon Edwards napsal(a):
> Hi all,
>
> I hope I picked the right list. We in on the KDE Usability list are busy
> trying to improve the usability and GUI of KDE. Naturally this intersects
> with i18n.
>
> Now, recently we had to decide between these two options for part of the
> Kicker GUI:  ([*] are checkboxes... :-) )
>
> ------------
>  [*] Show the most recently used applications
>  [ ] Show the most frequently used applications
> ------------
>
> and the second option:
>
> ------------
> Shows:
>   [*] Most recently used applications.
>   [ ] Most frequently used applications.
> ------------
>
> Most people considered the second option to be the best, except that it may
> cause trouble for i18n. Does splitting the strings into "Shows:" and "Most
> ...." like in the second option cause significant trouble for translators?
> or is it not a big deal?
>
> TIA,

The second option you proposed is not acceptable for many languages where the 
word order in sentence or declensions matter. I'd suggest to stick with the 
first choice. Breaking sentences in general is not a good idea.

-- 
Regards,
Lukáš Tinkl
KDE i18n maintainer
http://czechia.kde.org/

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