Subject: Indonesian translation update
From: Tim Allen (rita_tim@tpg.com.au)
Date: Tue Jun 13 2000 - 08:02:49 CDT
Attached are patches to bring the Indonesian translation up to date, and
fix one mistake in the previous version.
One comment: could we have the ability to translate the "Page" and
"Line" text in the listbox of the GoTo dialog please? It's a bit funny
having to explain in Indonesian that if you want to jump ahead two lines
(dua garis), you have to choose "Line", and then have to explain that Line
means garis...
I've left "INS" and "OVR" as they are, since it looks like there's no
standard abbreviation comprehensible to Indonesians. Which is, by the way,
an argument against using ultra-abbreviated English words like this in the
interface. You can't guarantee that you can do a decent job at translating
abbreviated words. Yes, I know MSWord does it (in English, don't know what
they do with translations), but if we could come up with something better
'twould be a Good Thing, IMHO.
BTW^2, there was a similar problem with "next" and "prev" in the goto
dialog. However, the Indonesian words were short enough, so I just
refrained from abbreviating the translation and it seems to fit OK.
Tim
-- ----------------------------------------------------------- Tim Allen http://www4.tpg.com.au/users/rita_tim/ tim@proximity.com.au rita_tim@tpg.com.au
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