Hi guys, Please stick to the HIG with this. Deviating from it will introduce ambiguities when translating the documentation. I should also point out that this isn't a localisation issue, it's a stylistic one. We have this "terse" style in UK English too (newspaper headlines use something similar, for example), and it's perfectly acceptable.
It's OK for action labels, like those on buttons or in pop-up menus, to sound disjointed. They're not full sentences; rather they're "headings", so there's no need for them to flow. The role of an action label is to quickly identify a function, not to convey meaning, so there's no need for the wording to sound pleasant. This would be different if we were talking about (e.g.) the explanatory text in a dialog box, though. -- Deleted Items Folder inconsistently named in en_GB localisation https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/406626 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Manual Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu Manual. Status in The Gnome Panel Applets: Fix Released Status in GNOME Common Scripts: Incomplete Status in Gnome Documentation Project: Incomplete Status in GVFS: Fix Released Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts: Fix Released Status in Nautilus: Fix Released Status in Ubuntu Manual: Fix Committed Status in Ubuntu Translations: Fix Released Status in “gnome-applets” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “transmission” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: The deleted items folder is inconsistently named and is referred to as both Wastebasket and Deleted items, Ubuntu offers to 'Empty Deleted Items' but the window is headed Wastebasket. The URL to deleted items is also trash:/// in nautilus but this is possibly a seperate issue. An effect of this can be seen in #115661 also. This could confuse new users and it should be a simple enough fix simply changing strings, so I believe it is a papercut. ----- from the Doc Team: the recommended term is now "Rubbish Bin"! ----- _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual-bugs Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual-bugs More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
