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List:       kde-i18n-doc
Subject:    Re: Inconsistencies in the user-visible strings
From:       Harri Porten <porten () tu-harburg ! de>
Date:       2000-03-10 2:45:52
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Federico Cozzi wrote:
> 
> Hello!
> 
> I am a new Italian KDE translator, and I recently discovered (translating
> the .po files) that the user visible-strings (i.e. the text that appears
> in the user interface) are full of tiny inconsistencies.
>  Example:
>         "Menu item ..." vs. "Menu item..."
>  That's normal, since every KDE programmer has his personal style; but
> from the user's point of view, this fact is sub-optimal.
> 
> Can someone take care of the "optimization" of user visible strings? I
> think we can't ask the programmers to do this themselves.

You very well *can* ask the programmers I would say :) As soon as an
agreement is reached on a detail like the above and you detect a
violation: cry out and ask the responsible developer to fix it. If there
is none: post it on kde-devel for example.

Harri.

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