2015-12-11 18:28 GMT+01:00 Коростіль Данило <[email protected]>: > On 11.12.15 18:57, Piotr Drąg wrote: >> >> For example, in a menu I'd use the >> imperative form of "Quit", while in the help I'd have the verbal noun >> - both as translations of the same original string. > > Help must be more descriptive and use verbs to explain the action, noun > isn't really as clear as verbs to me. For example, instead of "Preferences" > I'd use "Open Preferences dialog". The same for "New/Create", I could use > "New window" in menu, however it confuses because New isn't really verb in > help. But again, it's just my personal feeling.
I know that it differs from language to language, its conventions, style, etc. But do I understand correctly that your language could also use context in the help strings? Best regards -- Piotr Drąg http://raven.fedorapeople.org/ _______________________________________________ gnome-i18n mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-i18n
