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Re: Translation Guide
- To: Documentation and Translation <doc at arabeyes dot org>
- Subject: Re: Translation Guide
- From: Nadim Shaikli <shaikli at yahoo dot com>
- Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 16:59:52 -0700 (PDT)
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--- Youssef Chahibi <chahibi at gmail dot com> wrote:
> From http://wiki.arabeyes.org/QacDecisions :
> "
> 4.1.4. State
> If the user is the one expecting feedback from the system, it should be in
> noun form (e.g. in menus, File->Open, etc.). If the system is instructing the
>
> user to provide input, then it should be in imperative form (e.g. "Enter
> username").
> "
>
> From
>
http://www.arabeyes.org/download/documents/guide/translator-guide-ar/common.html#id2518044
> "
> 5.11. استخدام صيغة الأمر للأعمال
> خيارات القائمة مثل "Edit"، "Save"، "Quit" إلخ، وما
> شابه ذلك يجب أن تترجم إلى
> العربية بصيغة الأمر. نقوم بهذا لغرض
> التطبيع، اتباع ما هو موجود، ولكي نعبر عن
> تفاعل حيّ أكثر بين المستخدم والجهاز. لهذا
> أهمية قصوى.
> "
Obviously they need to be consistent - so I'll leave it to the actual active
translators to hash this out. Do please bring it to a resolution ASAP.
Salam.
- Nadim
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