Re: On translating product names (Was: About string change in latest trasnsation drop: @MINIMIZEREXTENSIONPRODUCTNAME@)

Hi Goran,

I have forwarded your objection and I hope to get an response fast.

Cheers,
Ivo

On 22.09.2010 22:51, Goran Rakic wrote:
> У сре, 22. 09 2010. у 21:40 +0200, Ivo Hinkelmann пише:
>>
>>> msgid "Oracle Presentation Minimizer"
>>> msgstr "Minimitzador de presentacions d'Oracle"
>>
>> a) it is a product name and should stay in English
>
> There are languages that do require to transcribe all foreign names
> because a language is not using a Latin script, it is using right to
> left writing, or simply because a language grammar says to do so.
>
> When we have such generic product names, users not fluent in English
> would not have a clue what this extension is doing.
>
> At the same time users fluent in English would instantly understand that
> this is something about to make presentations smaller.
>
> This is not fair to our users as it does not transfer associations
> present in the English language to the localized software. I see this
> practice against the goals of the localization project.
>
> For the reference, other software vendors do translate such generic
> names (like Notepad, Wordpad, Paint, Control panel...) keeping users
> happy.
>
> Kind regards,
> Goran Rakic
>
>
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