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List:       kde-i18n-doc
Subject:    Re: Language of HTML file names
From:       matthschulz <matthschulz () gmx ! net>
Date:       1999-11-14 18:18:54
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On Sun, 14 Nov 1999, Eric Bischoff wrote:
> Le Sun, 14 Nov 1999, vous avez écrit :
> > I don't follow documentatio issues very closely but I would like to
> > suggest to keep document-names and IDs the same (read: english) across
> > translations. Otherwise you create an additional level of complexity
> > (with an addiotional possibility of bugs and problems) while it brings
> > you very little. 
> > 
> > Just my opinion.
> 
> It brings a lot : the ability of browsing directly the files that are on
> the user's hard disk, in the user's own language.
> 
> Anyway, another solution is to mix my solution and yours : only translate the
> file names when they are not used by applications, otherwise leave them in
> English ;-).

What about leaving the filenames in english at all and making links in the
users language?

> Now everyone is aware of the problems that may arise when translating the
> chapters and section IDs (these IDs are used as HTML file names after
> conversion to HTML). I encourage this practice, but be aware of the induced
> problems.

matth

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