Le 2017-11-26 13:12, mkpoli a écrit :
I recently noticed that language JA is using the romanized
autoglossonym "Nihongo" in the combo box, rather than the English name
for it "Japanese". I also found "Suomi", "Svenska" ,"Russky",
"Francais" and "Ellinika".
I can confirm for French here.
The are all anglicized romanization of
autoglossonym of that language. I think it is not clear at all
especially for languages not using Latin script (even worse if using
non-phonemic writing system, e.g. at least Ellinika can (nearly)
one-to-one correspond to Ελληνικά), and it is also not
consistent since Chinese, Korean and some other languages are in
English name.
It would probably cause confusion in finding the desired language.
I disagree using English name for languages, it is also not that easy.
I think at least language combo box should contain autoglossonym.
English name + autoglossonym (Preferable):
Chinese (Simplified) 简体中文
Chinese (Traditional) 繁體中文
Japanese 日本語
Finnish Suomi
+ 1 for this suggestion since it allows language readers + English
readers to do understand it.
autoglossonym only (Preferable):
简体中文
繁体中文
日本语
Suomi
+0.5 : since it doesn't allow me (as an example) to understand that
Chinese is supported since I don't read Chinese.
English name only (Not good):
Chinese (Simplified)
Chinese (Traditional)
Japanese
Finnish
-1 since it *only* allow English readers to understand it (my
grand-father is out of the run here)
current (Worse):
Chinese (Simplified)
Chinese (Traditional)
Nihongo
Suomi
-2 : really bad
Another possibility which would requires some work code-wise and
translation-wise would be to have them all translated to every language
and then display with (example with French locales) :
Localised name + autoglossonym only + English name:
Chinois (simplifié) 简体中文 Chinese (Simplified)
Chinois (traditionnel) 繁體中文 Chinese (Traditional)
Japonais 日本語 Japanese
Finois Suomi Finnish
Hope that helps
Olivier
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