[Ubuntu-l10n-eng] Expanding the scope of the en-GB translation

[Sridhar Dhanapalan]

On Saturday 19 August 2006 22:05, William Anderson <neuro at well.com> wrote:
> Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote:
> > On Tuesday 15 August 2006 19:46, "Matthew Vermeulen"
> > <mattvermeulen at gmail.com>
> >
> > wrote:
> >> I definitely prefer 'rubbish bin', but that's just me, I suppose. Around
> >> here, at least, noone refers to anything except 'rubbish' and 'rubbish
> >> bin', never 'garbage' or 'trash'. 'Wastebasket': I agree with what you
> >> said on that.
> >
> > In that case, I propose that the entries in the "Dialectical Differences"
> > table remain the same, apart from "Wastebasket" which should become
> > "Rubbish Bin". Since we have already been using Wastebasket in our Dapper
> > translations, I suggest that this change takes place as of Edgy.
> >
> > Any thoughts on this?
>
> Where is the precedent for using "Rubbish Bin" in an operating system?  It
> sounds awfully unprofessional sounding to me.  I know "Trash" sounds no
> better, but can you imagine someone's face when they install an OS,
> selecting en-GB, and seeing "Rubbish Bin" on their desktop?

On the whole, the effect is no different from "Wastebasket", "Recycle Bin", or 
as you yourself have mentioned, "Trash". My point is that "Wastebasket" 
sounds odd in many places but AFAIK "Rubbish Bin" is quite universal 
worldwide (including the UK).


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