Re: Curated list of localized language names for Firefox UI

Hi Flod.

I am looking at the list of languages and I need to ask. Is the language
selector in about:preferences will be the only use for it, or there are
other use cases for it already? As the best language name or UI label may
differ, because:
- Czech as a language can be translated as "čeština" (noun - name of the
language) or "česky" (how should the software speak to you - pronoun).
- Strictly from the view of grammar, in Czech all language names are
general nouns, thus lowercase, the same for pronouns. Following general
rules, both "čeština" and "česky" are not capitalized. However for UI
labels etc. we may want to have it capitalized.

--
Michal

2018-08-08 10:07 GMT+02:00 Francesco Lodolo [:flod] <[email protected]>:

> Hi localizers,
>
> Follow-up to the email about dictionaries. Another part of improving the
> experience when switching language is to display localized language names
> in the UI. Currently, Firefox display languages localized in the language
> of the build, for example showing "French" in an English build.
>
> This happens for spell checking in the context menu, when customizing the
> preferred languages for web content, and for the brand new language
> switcher.
>
> Like for dictionaries, we want to create and maintain a curated list of
> language names to use in Firefox UI, instead of exposing hundreds of
> strings to all languages for translation. There are a few challenges, and
> we need your help to understand if we're using the right approach.
>
> This is the initial curated list
> https://mozilla-l10n.github.io/firefox-languages/
>
> It's manually generated by looking at CLDR data where possible, since it
> provides both localized names, and a capitalization rule to use such name
> in the context of "UI list or menu", which is exactly the context in which
> these will be used.
>
> Here you can find the full analysis
> https://mozilla-l10n.github.io/firefox-languages/complete.html
>
> I realized afterwards that the dictionary discussion generated a bit of
> noise in the mailing list, so let's try a different approach.
>
> If something looks wrong for your language, please provide feedback or
> corrections via any of these methods (whichever is easier for you):
> * By commenting in this bug https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/s
> how_bug.cgi?id=1481729
> * By opening a pull request to edit https://github.com/mozilla-l10
> n/firefox-languages/blob/master/output/languages_curated.json
> * By opening an issue on https://github.com/mozilla-l10n/firefox-languages
> * By reaching out directly to me, either via email, IRC or Telegram
>
> Francesco
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