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

Matthew Vermeulen mattvermeulen at gmail.com
Tue Aug 22 00:00:46 BST 2006


Could the question in the xubuntu docs not be left the same? as it is
impersonating a user asking where he can find his Trash Can, the one that he
used to have... Or isn't that correct/possible?


On 8/22/06, Ben Goodger <goodgerster at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 21/08/06, Matt Sicker <boards at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Monday 21 August 2006 10:09 am, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote:
> > > On Tuesday 22 August 2006 00:45, "Toby Smithe" <toby.smithe at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > > Once again, I don't think that "Xubuntu doesn't feature a deleted
> > > > items at the moment" really works. It should be, as lsproc
> > > > suggested (and I agree), "Xubuntu doesn't really feature a rubbish
> > > > bin at the moment."
> > >
> > > It should be a proper noun: "Deleted Items". The capitalisation
> > > should go some way towards showing that we are referring to a single
> > > specific physical location.
> > >
> > > Your sentence could probably be reworded as, "Xubuntu doesn't feature
> > > a Deleted Items list at the moment."
> > >
> > > Replace "list" in the sentence above with whatever descriptor sounds
> > > best. Words like "space", "area" or even "bin" come to mind.
> > >
> > > You do raise an interesting point, though. "Deleted Items" does sound
> > > odd when used as a singular noun. I don't see a problem with a word
> > > like "list" being appended to it if appropriate.
> > I guess I missed the beginning of this, but what's wrong
> > with "wastebin"?
>
>
> The ~/.Trash directory bears as much semblance to a bin as Nautilus does
> to a filing cabinet or Thunderbird to a letter box. The metaphor is nice to
> have, but crap.
>
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