Re: [libreoffice-l10n] BASIC vs. basic
On 12.03.2021 18:54, Tuomas Hietala wrote: > Hello all, > > In LibreOffice, the programming language BASIC is mostly written as > "Basic". This is a source of some confusion for translators (and I > imagine many English-speaking users, too) as it's not always clear > whether "Basic" should be interpreted as "basic" (a normal English > word) or "BASIC" (the programming language). > > Is there any particular reason for the current convention? Microsoft > seems to be doing the same, but I don't know if that's a good enough > reason for perpetuating the confusion. > > Cheers, > Tuomas > In any event the platform itself can be set up to avoid erroneous translations of proper nouns, etc. https://docs.weblate.org/no/latest/user/glossary.html?highlight=terminology#terminology I am not an admin for it, and https://translations.documentfoundation.org/ is on 4.4.2 when doing it inside strings got introduced in version 4.5 - kingu -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: l10n+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/l10n/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
Re: [libreoffice-l10n] BASIC vs. basic
I totally agree. The programming language is an acronym, BASIC (Beginners' All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code), so it should be all upper case. In LO sometimes it is not obvious whether 'Basic' refers to 'basic or BASIC. Thanks, Tuomas. Donald On 13/03/21 6:54 am, Tuomas Hietala wrote: Hello all, In LibreOffice, the programming language BASIC is mostly written as "Basic". This is a source of some confusion for translators (and I imagine many English-speaking users, too) as it's not always clear whether "Basic" should be interpreted as "basic" (a normal English word) or "BASIC" (the programming language). Is there any particular reason for the current convention? Microsoft seems to be doing the same, but I don't know if that's a good enough reason for perpetuating the confusion. Cheers, Tuomas -- Donald -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: l10n+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/l10n/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[libreoffice-l10n] BASIC vs. basic
Hello all, In LibreOffice, the programming language BASIC is mostly written as "Basic". This is a source of some confusion for translators (and I imagine many English-speaking users, too) as it's not always clear whether "Basic" should be interpreted as "basic" (a normal English word) or "BASIC" (the programming language). Is there any particular reason for the current convention? Microsoft seems to be doing the same, but I don't know if that's a good enough reason for perpetuating the confusion. Cheers, Tuomas -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: l10n+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/l10n/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
