Re: gtk string change

[Alexandre Franke <afranke gnome org>]

Hi,

> On Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 11:24 PM Matthias Clasen via gnome-i18n <gnome-i18n gnome org> wrote:
> > Just a quick headsup:
> >
> > We're chaning GtkSwitch to always use I/o instead of a translated on/off.
> > So there is going to be 2 less strings to translate for gtk.

Thanks for keeping us in the loop, Matthias! Removing strings usually
doesn’t have to be announced but in this specific case I do appreciate
it.

I welcome the change but I wonder if it really works for all cultures. 🤔️

On Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 11:45 PM Jehan Pagès via gnome-i18n
<gnome-i18n gnome org> wrote:
> Maybe it's a bit off-topic to ask this on this list but I don't know where else this has been discussed.

Yeah, I guess it would have been a good idea to include translators in
the conversation. That said the constraint of fitting translated
“on/off” words in a button is quite strong and I’m not sure it works
in any language.

> Why this change? What does I/o means?

It is quite common on any device. Just checking around the house, I
found three appliances that have it.

> I personally find this a lot less understandable than a translated on/off. Fortunately GtkSwitch also has 
> color that shows if the switch is on or off, otherwise this I/o would be totally puzzling to me, as for 
> whether the field is checked or not.

Really? I’m surprised that a French speaking person would tell that
given that the translation we have in French is… ❙ and ○. Do you use
GNOME in French? 😛️

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Alexandre Franke
GNOME Hacker