[Ubuntu-l10n-eng] checkbox -> tick box?

Toby Smithe toby.smithe at gmail.com
Sun Sep 3 19:33:17 BST 2006


On Sun, 2006-09-03 at 22:42 +1000, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote:
> On Sunday 03 September 2006 19:21, Malcolm <malcolm.parsons at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 9/3/06, Jeff Bailes <thepizzaking at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >  When I'm translating should I be changing 'checkbox' to 'tick box'?
> >
> > Yes.
> >
> > Does it depend on whether the GUI displays a tick or a cross in the box?
> 
> No, for they are just different graphical representations for exactly the same 
> thing. To 'tick'/'check' simply means to 'mark'.

Agreed
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