[Geany-i18n] I18n Digest, Vol 75, Issue 2

[Matthew Brush]

On 2016-01-16 11:53 AM, André Glória wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I just want to give you my 2 cents on this discussion.
> I agree with you, proper names should never be translated. And those
> examples are quite good, Geany, MS Word, LibreOffice, etc.
>
> In this plugin's particular case I would never translated "Bird's Eye" but
> I would say that since it is called "Overview" it should. My reasoning is
> the following, the former name does not really imply the plugin's
> functionality while the latter is more of its function/action than its name.
> And if you look at other Geany's plugins I would say that this is their
> main idea also, GeanyPy is a name but "Split Window" is a function/action.
>
> Ultimately you have to assume that the translation is made to help people
> that have zero knowledge on the original's program language, and therefore
> the more you translate the better. While translating a name like "Geany
> "does not give you any benefits (imho), translating a  function/action does.
> Off course you could argue that at least in Geany's case the plugins are
> presented on a list with a succinct description right under their name
> which could make translating their "name" irrelevant. I would agree with
> such argument but I would still stand by the fact that if the plugin's name
> is more of its function/action than a name per se it still brings more
> value to translated than not.
>

Thanks for the explanation, it makes sense.

Cheers,
Matthew Brush