[Ubuntu-l10n-eng] The Deleted Items saga

[Thomas Kluyver]

On Jan 18, 2008 12:43 PM, Yahya Abdal-Aziz <yahya at melbpc.org.au> wrote:

> I agree about the possible ambiguity.  But is "Bin" the most
> universally understandable alternative?  Some others are:
>  - "Rubbish bin"
>  - "Trash can"
>  - "Garbage disposal"


"Trash can" and "Garbage disposal" are both rather American to my ears. Bin
is the word I would naturally use, but I agree that it's a bit ambiguous.
Could we perhaps get away with the ambiguity if every time we use the word
in this context, there is a nearby icon of a bin?

Another point to note is the length of the word--using kontact, the button
that I assume originally said "Move to Trash" now says "Move to Deleted
Items" and is about twice the width of a normal toolbar button.

Thomas
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