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Subject:    Re: Some prelimary work on a new KControl...
From:       Rui Malheiro <rmalheiro () 6mil ! pt>
Date:       2004-02-26 17:45:54
Message-ID: 403E30D2.2070605 () 6mil ! pt
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Maurizio Colucci wrote:

>On Thursday 26 February 2004 13:58, Benoit Walter wrote:
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>>As good as the KDE search may be, the user won't be confident. He must
>>trust the machine, but also be sure that he uses the right keywords (I know
>>some people who thinks a console is called a screen...).
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>Ok, you described an extreme situation that actually happens. This is 
>important.
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>
There also one important thing to have in mind while designing a "search 
based" KControl, and that's how will all those keyords translate. 
Traditionaly computers "spoke" english and there are many terms that 
have been incorporated into many languages, even when a "simple" 
translation exists. Also some resposability for the success or failure 
of this system will be in the hands of the transaltors. Some one word 
english keywords will need to be translated to mutiple words on other 
languages and the oposite might also be true.

To demonstrate this complexity, take the keyword "Desktop".  In 
portuguese this is usualy translated to "Ambiente de Trabalho"  (which 
in turn translates back to english as "workspace") but I've seen some 
users refer to it as  "Ecrã" (Screen). However there are many portuguese 
users that use the english word "Desktop". A quick pool here in the 
office: 2 users refer to it as "Desktop" and one as "Ambiente de Trabalho".

-- 
Rui Malheiro




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