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

Sridhar Dhanapalan sridhar at dhanapalan.com
Wed Aug 23 12:39:43 BST 2006


On Wednesday 23 August 2006 00:37, "Toby Smithe" <toby.smithe at gmail.com> 
wrote:
> On 21/08/06, Sridhar Dhanapalan <sridhar at dhanapalan.com> wrote:
> > 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.
>
> Hmm. I don't really like "Deleted Items List" either, nor space, area - and
> bin would ruin would ruin the consistency when I realise that it's easier
> to put "Rubbish Bin".

How about "folder"? That's the standard term in GUIs these days for a 
directory. People often say "trash folder" instead of "trash bin", so we 
aren't going out on a limb with that one.

(note: I'm replying to the list, since that's where these messages should go)

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