Re: "Item" in Nautilus

[Ihar Hrachyshka <ihar hrachyshka gmail com>]

On 05/08/2012 02:32 PM, Åsmund Skjæveland wrote:
> I'm having a bit of difficulty with the word "Item" in Nautilus when
> translating to Norwegian Nynorsk (nn_NO). "Item" is used in place of
> "File", i.e. "Move item to Trash", "Rename item" etc. I have difficulty
> finding a short generic word to translate it with, the generic words I
> can find feel clumsy or are rather long.

Anything like 'object' or 'element' in your language?

> Is there any reason to not translate it as "file"?
> 

Yes. Item may mean both file and directory and FIFO and any other file
system node.

/Ihar