Re: Verbs form in UI actions

[Clytie Siddall <clytie riverland net au>]

On 18/12/2006, at 3:01 AM, Youssef Chahibi wrote:

>    In what form (Infinitive, Noun, Imperative) are UI actions
> like "Open", "Close", "Show" ... translated in your language?
>    Do you have any idea about what is intended by the verb form in  
> English, is
> Imperative or infinitive?
Imperative. But it really doesn't make much difference in my  
language. Verbs don't reflect case: in some situations, we add a  
temporal participle (more often a temporal adverb elsewhere in the  
statement), but context is best expressed in my language by the use  
of pronouns, for which gettext does not provide at all.
If I ever get our first OOo release sorted out, Youssef, I'll be able  
to get on with the glossary work. How's it going from your end?
from Clytie (vi-VN, Vietnamese free-software translation team / nhóm  
Việt hóa phần mềm tự do)
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/vi-VN

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