Okay, that's weird that Firefox handles localization in that way. It only makes sense if the translations are high quality translations. But the current Danish translation is definitely not high quality - it is at a quality level of 1 or 2 in a scale from 0 to 10, where 10 is best and 0 is unreadable.
Maybe, then, you could have an internal quality requirement on the translations, and remove the Danish translation from the plugin until you receive a better translation. I know you cannot personally judge the quality of a translation, but then you would have to trust me or others. And believe me, the Danish translation looks like it has been written by a child that have just learned to write. It is really, *really* bad. A quick count shows that there are only 11 correctly spelled strings - all the other translated strings have one or more spelling or translation errors (although I cannot really judge every translation, as I haven't seen the English originals, so there might be less than 11 correct translations). Several words haven't even been translated (like "misc", "quick", and "label"), which is quite confusing in a translation that should be Danish. Of course, a specific English only version of the plugin, as you suggest, could also solve the problem for me. But I think most Danes would rather have the English version than the Danish one. Most Danes read and speak English fluently. So I simply suggest you remove the Danish translation. Jesper On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 17:17, John Marshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Because of the way Firefox handles localization, there wouldn't be an easy > or 'correct' way to provide an option like that. It would just need to > provide an alternative download. > > > On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 2:33 PM, Jesper Hertel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >> Thanks for the answer, John. >> >> Maybe you could add an option "Always use English as interface language" >> or "Do not localize" or maybe an option where the user in a simple way can >> type in the wanted language or locale, e.g. in the form "en-US"? >> >> I know I could help making the translation better, but it would be like >> starting all over, as the current translation is so bad. And I just can't >> find the energy for that right now. >> >> Furthermore, I don't need a translation in any way, as I am quite fluent >> in English. All I want is the pure English version. And I am quite sure I am >> not the only Dane who prefer an English version that is readable to a Danish >> version that is not... >> >> Jesper >> >> >> On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 17:22, John Marshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> You could help update the translation at http://babelzilla.org :) >>> Or... you can just remove a couple lines in the extension >>> >>> First open your profile folder: >>> http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Profiles >>> Then open the extensions folder >>> Then open the GMarks folder (it should say >>> {A64F9D1E-FA5E-11DA-A187-6B94C2ED2B83} ) >>> Now open the chrome.manifest file in notepad (or whatever text editor you >>> like) >>> Remove all of the lines starting with locale except for the en-US line. >>> Restart Firefox. >>> >>> The problem with this is you'll need to do this again after any update to >>> GMarks. I'll try and upload and english only version sometime. >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 1:20 PM, Jesper Hertel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> I just installed Gmarks, but sadly I got it in the Danish version, >>>> because my Firefox is Danish. But the translation is lousy and full of >>>> errors, so I would rather have the English version. >>>> >>>> How can I get that? I can't find anywhere I can change it. >>>> >>>> Thanks in advance, >>>> >>>> Jesper >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GMarks" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/GMarks?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
