Or you could do the other way around. More programs expect the English path name than translated ones. Honestly, translating path names is a recipe for disaster. On Jan 17, 2012 8:25 AM, "Jerome Leclanche" <[email protected]> wrote:
> We could translate the path and setup an English symlink automatically if > possible? > > J. Leclanche > > > On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 10:36 AM, Francois Gouget <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> That is the question! >> >> >> We have a bunch of shell paths to translate in shell32.rc. However, >> based on my French Windows VMs and computers I believe a number of them >> should not be translated: >> >> * As far as I can tell 'Program Files' is never translated. >> * Same thing for 'SendTo' and 'Recent'. >> * 'Application Data' appears to be translated in NT4 but not on Windows >> 2000 and greater. >> >> Generally speaking translating a path causes all sorts of trouble >> with broken applications. For instance one regularly ends up with a >> 'Common Files' folder as well as the French 'Fichiers Communs' one, even >> on a clean Windows install! >> >> Looking at Windows 2000 and greater it seems that Microsoft first >> decided to only translate the folders most visible to the user. That >> would explain why 'Application Data', 'Local Settings' and their ilk are >> not translated. >> >> But the very latest fashion (e.g. Windows 7), appears to be to never >> translate the actual on-disk folder name and use 'desktop.ini' files to >> get a localized name in the GUI. So for instance on Windows 7 the >> 'Program Files' folder is called that way on disk but it appears as >> 'Programmes' in Windows Explorer because of the desktop.ini file (as an >> anecdote 'Program Files (x86)' has no 'desktop.ini' file and thus is not >> translated in Explorer. What a mess!). >> >> >> So what do we want to do? >> >> The patch below marks the paths that are not meant to be translated as >> such to reduce the translators burden and avoid mistakes. Some paths mix >> parts that need to be translated with other that shouldn't. Given the >> CSIDL_Data structure I'm not sure that can be avoided but I'll be happy >> with any patch that avoids that. In the meantime I use the message >> context to give instructions to the translator. >> >> Does this make sense? Any better solution? >> >> >> diff --git a/dlls/shell32/shell32.rc b/dlls/shell32/shell32.rc >> index 92d9d72..3aaa0f2 100644 >> --- a/dlls/shell32/shell32.rc >> +++ b/dlls/shell32/shell32.rc >> @@ -200,31 +200,31 @@ the folder?" >> IDS_PERSONAL "My Documents" >> IDS_FAVORITES "Favorites" >> IDS_STARTUP "Start Menu\\Programs\\StartUp" >> - IDS_RECENT "Recent" >> - IDS_SENDTO "SendTo" >> + IDS_RECENT "#msgctxt#do not translate#Recent" >> + IDS_SENDTO "#msgctxt#do not translate#SendTo" >> IDS_STARTMENU "Start Menu" >> IDS_MYMUSIC "My Music" >> IDS_MYVIDEO "My Videos" >> IDS_DESKTOPDIRECTORY "#msgctxt#directory#Desktop" >> IDS_NETHOOD "NetHood" >> IDS_TEMPLATES "Templates" >> - IDS_APPDATA "Application Data" >> + IDS_APPDATA "#msgctxt#do not >> translate#Application Data" >> IDS_PRINTHOOD "PrintHood" >> - IDS_LOCAL_APPDATA "Local Settings\\Application Data" >> - IDS_INTERNET_CACHE "Local Settings\\Temporary Internet >> Files" >> - IDS_COOKIES "Cookies" >> - IDS_HISTORY "Local Settings\\History" >> - IDS_PROGRAM_FILES "Program Files" >> - IDS_PROGRAM_FILESX86 "Program Files (x86)" >> + IDS_LOCAL_APPDATA "#msgctxt#do not translate#Local >> Settings\\Application Data" >> + IDS_INTERNET_CACHE "#msgctxt#do not translate#Local >> Settings\\Temporary Internet Files" >> + IDS_COOKIES "#msgctxt#do not translate#Cookies" >> + IDS_HISTORY "#msgctxt#do not translate 'Local >> Settings'#Local Settings\\History" >> + IDS_PROGRAM_FILES "#msgctxt#do not translate#Program >> Files" >> + IDS_PROGRAM_FILESX86 "#msgctxt#do not translate#Program >> Files (x86)" >> IDS_MYPICTURES "My Pictures" >> - IDS_PROGRAM_FILES_COMMON "Program Files\\Common Files" >> - IDS_PROGRAM_FILES_COMMONX86 "Program Files (x86)\\Common Files" >> + IDS_PROGRAM_FILES_COMMON "#msgctxt#do not translate 'Program >> Files'#Program Files\\Common Files" >> + IDS_PROGRAM_FILES_COMMONX86 "#msgctxt#do not translate 'Program >> Files (x86)'#Program Files (x86)\\Common Files" >> IDS_COMMON_DOCUMENTS "Documents" >> IDS_ADMINTOOLS "Start Menu\\Programs\\Administrative >> Tools" >> IDS_COMMON_MUSIC "Music" >> IDS_COMMON_PICTURES "Pictures" >> IDS_COMMON_VIDEO "Videos" >> - IDS_CDBURN_AREA "Local Settings\\Application >> Data\\Microsoft\\CD Burning" >> + IDS_CDBURN_AREA "#msgctxt#do not translate#Local >> Settings\\Application Data\\Microsoft\\CD Burning" >> IDS_CONTACTS "Contacts" >> IDS_LINKS "Links" >> IDS_PHOTO_ALBUMS "Pictures\\Slide Shows" >> -- >> 1.7.7.3 >> >> >> > > > >
