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List:       kde-i18n-doc
Subject:    Re: Question About Header Capitalization
From:       "Pedro Morais" <morais.pedro () gmail ! com>
Date:       2008-05-03 11:57:28
Message-ID: 826726ca0805030457y402b6053m3a251fefb49a41d1 () mail ! gmail ! com
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Hi,
In the current portuguese (pt_PT) translations we user "Header
Capitalization" for menu itens
However, I've also noticed that Vista uses "Sentence capitalization"
in some places for these items...
So I'm also not completely sure what the best way to do it.

Regards,
Pedro Morais

On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 4:03 AM, Mauricio Piacentini
<mauricio@tabuleiro.com> wrote:
> Hi, people. I have a question from the pt_BR team, which is currently
> undergoing a new surge of activity, with lots of new people and energy
> resulting from our first Brazilian meeting.
>  The question regards capitalization of menu items. According to the
> usability wiki, these should use header capitalizatio:
>
>  http://wiki.openusability.org/guidelines/index.php/Guidelines:Menu_Items
>
>  So in this case:
>
>  Save As -> Salvar Como
>  Open File -> Abrir Arquivo
>
>  Some people consider that this is not "proper" Brazilian Portuguese, and
> that we should do regular capitalization, like:
>
>  Save As -> Salvar como
>  Open File - > Abrir arquivo
>
>  Others reasoned that in titles it is OK to use header capitalization,
> including names of songs and other instances.
>
>  MacOSX and KDE3.5 in Portuguese use header capitalization, but Vista is not
> consistent, with most programs (including Office, Firefox) going for the
> sentence form, even in menus.
>
>  I would also like to request comment from people involved in KDE 3.5
> translation, and also our Gnome pt_Br friends, if possible. They seem to use
> header capitalization for menus as well (consistent with KDE 3.5).
>
>  So, is this an usability guideline that should be followed in localized
> versions as well? What do other Latin languages do, and what do our friends
> in the Portuguese team do in this case?
>
>  Regards,
>  Mauricio Piacentini
>



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