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.


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