An automatic translation was not a very good idea, it makes things even less comprehensible. This bug report was intended for the translation team, therefore I thought they would understand French.
In fact, the problem is that French ordinal numbers dont behave exactly as their English counterparts. FIRST is PREMIER in French (or PREMIÈRE for the feminine), therefore, 1ÈRE COPIE would be a good translation of 1ST COPY. But the 1st copy is simply named COPY, so we dont need that translation. For bigger numbers, for example 21, in English you say TWENTY-FIRST COPY, while in French we say VINGT-ET-UNIÈME COPIE. Using 21ÈRE COPIE in French would be as odd as 21TH (twenty-oneth) COPY in English. > English translation of description using GT: > > Hello. > I noticed a small problem with the French version of Gnome. > I create a new folder: it's called "New Folder". > I make a copy by pressing Ctrl and dragging the icon directory: copy > called "new folder (copy). > I still have a copy: it's called "New Folder (another copy). > I still have a copy: it's called "New Folder (3rd copy). > I still well up to 'new File (20th copy). > I make a new copy, and here it gets interesting: it is called "New Folder > (21ère copy). > 21ÈRE! > I made a few hundred copies, each time the number ends in 11, I see "11th" > (in English: Eleventh ? 11th), so that when the number ends with 1 but not > by 11, I see "1st" (in English: first ? 1st). > This is clearly a problem of translation English, using "first" where the > French use "first". > As the first two copies are called "copy" and "another copy", it could > very well put the suffix "e" on all issues. > > -- > Translation problem in Nautilus (French version): 21ère > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/523236 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in Nautilus: Unknown > Status in Ubuntu Translations (internationalization and localization): > Invalid > Status in ?nautilus? package in Ubuntu: Confirmed > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: nautilus > > Bonjour. > J?ai noté un petit problème avec la version française de Gnome. > Je crée un nouveau répertoire : il s?appelle « nouveau dossier ». > J?en fais une copie en appuyant sur Ctrl et en faisant glisser l?icône du > répertoire : la copie s?appelle « nouveau dossier (copie) ». > J?en fais encore une copie : elle s?appelle « nouveau dossier (autre > copie) ». > J?en fais encore une copie : elle s?appelle « nouveau dossier (3e > copie) ». > Je continue ainsi jusqu?à « nouveau dossier (20e copie) ». > J?en fais une nouvelle copie et, là, ça devient intéressant : elle > s?appelle « nouveau dossier (21ère copie) ». > 21ÈRE !!! > J?ai fait quelques centaines de copies, chaque fois que le numéro se > termine par 11, je vois « 11e » (en anglais : elevenTH ? 11th), alors que, > quand le numéro se termine par 1 mais pas par 11, je vois « 1ère » (en > anglais : first ? 1st). > Il s?agit clairement d?un problème de traduction, l?anglais utilisant > « first » là où le français utilise « unième ». > Comme les deux premières copies s?appellent « copie » et « autre copie », > on pourrait très bien mettre le suffixe « e » à tous les numéros. > > Configuration : Nautilus 2.28.1 sous Ubuntu 9.10 > > ProblemType: Bug > Architecture: i386 > Date: Wed Feb 17 15:57:28 2010 > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 > ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nautilus > InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5) > Package: nautilus 1:2.28.1-0ubuntu3 > ProcEnviron: > LANG=fr_BE.UTF-8 > SHELL=/bin/bash > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-19.56-generic > SourcePackage: nautilus > Uname: Linux 2.6.31-19-generic i686 > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/nautilus/+bug/523236/+subscribe > -- Translation problem in Nautilus (French version): 21ère https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/523236 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
