Re: Start/Stop volumes and l10n

[Petr Kovar <pmkovar gnome org>]

Hi!

Luca Ferretti <elle uca libero it>, Fri, 24 Jul 2009 22:17:58 +0200:

> The following messages (and other, just an extract) were added to Nautilus
> 
> msgid "Start the selected volume"
> msgid "This file cannot be started"
> msgid "This file cannot be stopped"
> msgid "Start the volume associated with the open folder"
> msgid "Stop the volume associated with the open folder"
> msgid "_Start" (with no context info)
> msgid "Start the selected volume"
> msgid "Stop the selected volume"
> msgid "_Start Multi-disk Drive"
> 
> I wasn't able to find links for this glib/gvfs feature (something
> related to virtual drives, raid and similiar stuff).
> 
> Now, the question is: there aren't any other verbs then start and stop
> to describe this action? Is it "jargon" or techinical? Honestly I feel
> a bit confusing to use a common term here, expecially speking about
> drives, volumes and files.
> 
> I'm for a full message review: if I'll translate them literally,
> Italian GNOME users will pester me with their complaints!

Well, it's not always a good strategy to translate things literally from
English, simply because we're working with natural languages here. Anyway,
what about wording like "Start working with...", "Begin your work
with...", or something similar?

Just my 2 not native cents.

Best,
Petr Kovar