Based on your comments I think I'm going to just remove that translation. I'll try and get to that soon.
On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 4:59 PM, Jesper Hertel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
