Wagner,
On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 1:56 PM, Wagner Bruna
<wagner.bruna+...@gmail.com<wagner.bruna%2b...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I noticed some new Mercurial users get quite confused with the
> translated TortoiseHg menu items. They sometimes expect to find the
> exact Mercurial command they are trying to run between the menu items,
> but it may not be available because:
>
>
I, sometimes, would like to kill some one of my crew, some developers search
for a reason
to show they are lost (principally the negative people) and point someone
else fools.
> - it's hidden behind a general purpose dialog, like "Synchronize";
>
> - the corresponding translated item is not immediately obvious, because
> the translated word doesn't correspond perfectly to the original word,
> or is not very common.
>
> Since command line parameters should never be translated, one could
> argue that menu items with corresponding Mercurial commands shouldn't
> either. So I'd translate "Synchronize...", but not "Commit...".
>
> Another option may be including both. For instance, I'm experimenting
> with (including some Portuguese words):
>
> "Commit..." -> "Consolidar... (commit)"
> "Commit..." -> "Consolidar... (hg commit)"
> "Commit..." -> "Commit... (consolidar)"
> "Synchronize..." -> "Sincronizar... (pull,push,incoming)"
>
> But that may not work if the same string appears on inappropriate places
> (for instance, "update" on both the context menu and as a pull option).
>
> Thoughts?
>
I see your point, but the doubt will vanish as sum as the user click the
menu item. I'm not a
fan of translating development software because you lose the knowledge
"interchangeability",
but it's quiet important to keep in mind the intermediate folks.
> (other interface elements (like dialog or toolbar buttons) sometimes
> show the same problems, but inside a dialog there's usually more context
> and more informative elements available)
>
> Thanks,
> Wagner
>
>
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