Re: Verbs form in UI actions

2006-12-19 Thread Christian Rose
On 12/18/06, Thomas Thurman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 18/12/06, Wouter Bolsterlee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was explicitly referring to Dutch here. Imperative style is just not friendly in Dutch, and it sounds a bit strange as well (all Dutch software uses infinitives instead of

Fwd: Verbs form in UI actions

2006-12-19 Thread Leonardo Fontenelle
Forgot to reply to all... -- Forwarded message -- From: Leonardo Fontenelle [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 20/12/2006 00:20 Subject: Re: Verbs form in UI actions To: Christian Rose [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2006/12/19, Christian Rose [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Swedish uses imperative on all menu

Re: Verbs form in UI actions

2006-12-18 Thread Wouter Bolsterlee
2006-12-17 klockan 17:31 skrev Youssef Chahibi: In what form (Infinitive, Noun, Imperative) are UI actions like Open, Close, Show ... translated in your language? Do you have any idea about what is intended by the verb form in English, is Imperative or infinitive? In English, these

Re: Verbs form in UI actions

2006-12-18 Thread Francisco Javier F. Serrador
In Spanish we use infinitive, except for File, that we use the noun. El dom, 17-12-2006 a las 16:31 +, Youssef Chahibi escribió: In what form (Infinitive, Noun, Imperative) are UI actions like Open, Close, Show ... translated in your language? Do you have any idea about what is

Re: Verbs form in UI actions

2006-12-18 Thread Dale Gulledge
On 12/18/06, Wouter Bolsterlee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2006-12-17 klockan 17:31 skrev Youssef Chahibi: In what form (Infinitive, Noun, Imperative) are UI actions like Open, Close, Show ... translated in your language? Do you have any idea about what is intended by the verb form in

Re: Verbs form in UI actions

2006-12-18 Thread Thomas Thurman
On 18/12/06, Dale Gulledge [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 12/18/06, Wouter Bolsterlee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2006-12-17 klockan 17:31 skrev Youssef Chahibi: In what form (Infinitive, Noun, Imperative) are UI actions like Open, Close, Show ... translated in your language? Do you

Re: Verbs form in UI actions

2006-12-18 Thread Wouter Bolsterlee
2006-12-18 klockan 15:19 skrev Dale Gulledge: On 12/18/06, Wouter Bolsterlee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In English, these words are written as imperatives (spelled the same as infinitive). However, in Dutch, we stick to infinitives only. Imperative form is considered bad style and

Re: Verbs form in UI actions

2006-12-18 Thread Dale Gulledge
On 12/18/06, Thomas Thurman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 18/12/06, Dale Gulledge [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 12/18/06, Wouter Bolsterlee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2006-12-17 klockan 17:31 skrev Youssef Chahibi: In what form (Infinitive, Noun, Imperative) are UI actions like Open,

Re: Verbs form in UI actions

2006-12-18 Thread Thomas Thurman
On 18/12/06, Wouter Bolsterlee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was explicitly referring to Dutch here. Imperative style is just not friendly in Dutch, and it sounds a bit strange as well (all Dutch software uses infinitives instead of imperatives). I think it must vary a lot by language. Someone

Re: Verbs form in UI actions

2006-12-18 Thread David Lodge
On Mon, 18 Dec 2006 15:23:29 -, Dale Gulledge [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wonder whether most English speakers think of them as imperatives, and what languages other than English don't think of them as infinitives. I think it is important to keep in mind that none of us are

Verbs form in UI actions

2006-12-17 Thread Youssef Chahibi
In what form (Infinitive, Noun, Imperative) are UI actions like Open, Close, Show ... translated in your language? Do you have any idea about what is intended by the verb form in English, is Imperative or infinitive? ___ gnome-i18n mailing list

Re: Verbs form in UI actions

2006-12-17 Thread wadim dziedzic
Dnia 2006-12-17 17:31, Użytkownik Youssef Chahibi napisał: In what form (Infinitive, Noun, Imperative) are UI actions like Open, Close, Show ... translated in your language? Do you have any idea about what is intended by the verb form in English, is Imperative or infinitive? IMHO

Re: Verbs form in UI actions

2006-12-17 Thread Leonardo Fontenelle
Most times we just follow original guidelines, but when it makes sense we use our own guidelines. The GNOME HIG states that the UI actions should be imperative (that's why they aren't To open, neither Opens), but in Portuguese we prefer infinitive. Leonardo Fontenelle

Re: Verbs form in UI actions

2006-12-17 Thread Clytie Siddall
On 18/12/2006, at 3:01 AM, Youssef Chahibi wrote: In what form (Infinitive, Noun, Imperative) are UI actions like Open, Close, Show ... translated in your language? Do you have any idea about what is intended by the verb form in English, is Imperative or infinitive? Imperative. But