It actually does mean "disc" because the wording is meant to describe playing a commercial film DVD or a video file from a disc such as a DVD or CD. A disc that is NOT meant for traditional hardware DVD players.
That aside, file a bug against the poor wording. The current English is too long and confusing. On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 4:00 AM, Jakob Eriksson <[email protected]>wrote: > > > On August 20, 2012 at 10:50 AM "Alfredo Hernández" > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi there, > > > > Since the context doesn't provide enough information, I have a little > > question about the meaning of two Audience strings: (No. 6 and 7): > > > > - 6: *Play from Disc* > > - 7: *Watch a DVD or open a file from disc* > > > > In both cases I'm not sure if disc refers to a round disc (i.e. CD, DVD, > > etc.) or if it refers to a harddrive disc (in wich is *disk* in british); > > the meaning is primordial in order to make a good translation of the > > program. > > Wikipedia: > "Generally in computer terminology, disk refers to magnetic storage while > disc > refers to optical storage." > > > which is also consistent with what I have seen. > > So point 7 should probably be updated to: > > "Watch a DVD or open a file from disk" > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > -- Cody Garver
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