epoch1970;355815 Wrote: > I have reworked the localized French version. I tried enforcing a > stricter structure for the text. In general the 1st sentence is a > neutral and short description of what "foo" does. Next sentences are > "for dummies" and bring extra info for decision-making. > I also tried hard reusing terms and complete sentences whenever > possible. > Overall, this is not a translation per se. Rather the way I would have > documented it. Please feel free to try your hand at the English strings too. I would appreciate seeing your version of the documentation in English.
epoch1970;355815 Wrote: > In your strings file I found this:> Code: -------------------- > > PLUGIN_SRVRPOWERCTRL_HOOK_SLEEP_BUTTON > EN Assign Server Power Control action<br>to the Sleep+Hold button? > FN Access via Sleep+Hold button? -------------------- > > . I expected "EN" or possibly "GH", but not "FN"!! As I couldn't > parse, I dropped the line. Now the file has EN and FR entries only. The 'FN' string was just a way for me to keep an old version around while I tried a new version. epoch1970;355815 Wrote: > Also, I translated the experimental features (less thoroughly, though), > so now you can hose you server à la française, if you'd like. I'll include your french strings in the next version. Thanks! epoch1970;355815 Wrote: > And now for an existential question... > In "Server Power Control" and given the current or experimental array > of features of the plugin, I feel we have "power control" as in "power > user" as well as in "energy saving". I'm sorry but I can't find an > equivalent pun in French (yet). > Can I choose one or the other, and translate it to French ? What's this > plugin about, really ;-) ?? > (For now it is not translated, as if it were a proper noun --no pun > intended!; but since it's long and scrolls on the Boom screen, I hoped > I could translate and compact it.) Any name that makes sense to you is good enough for me. A pun à la française is likely to be lost on me, though. For now, my sense of humor is utterly fried...and I don't expect to get it back until after November 4th. epoch1970;355815 Wrote: > PS: Having worked on the text structure, I have a feeling the web GUI > could be streamlined someday, somehow. Look at the html pages in Erland's, Peppin's and PeterW's plugins: they've managed to extend the settings page in a way that's way beyond me. -- gharris999 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ gharris999's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=115 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521
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