Re: Languages files for the gui (nl_NL.ts)

[Torsten]

On 28.06.2013 12:23, Philip Nienhuis wrote:
> (nl_NL.ts added in subject to refer to this sub-thread)
> 
> Torsten wrote:
>> On 27.06.2013 22:44, Philip Nienhuis wrote:
> 
> <snip>
> 
>>> What do you me expect me to do now for the nl_NL.ts file?
>>
>> Well, not as much work as translating all these expressions; the source
>> scan is done by the qt tool "lupdate".
>>
>> For the nl_NL.ts file: Please push your translated file and I will
>> update it with the Qscintilla strings (since there is no dutch
>> translation file for Qscintilla).
> 
> OK.
> First I'll have another check to polish up.
> 
>>   After that, it would be nice if you
>> could translate the new text strings (IMHO the context menu is more
>> important than the style descriptions).
>> Then, the editor's context menu (and the descriptions of the editor
>> styles in the settings dialog) should show up in dutch.
>>
>> There is still no solution for the english texts on the dialog buttons.
> 
> I'd expect most Dutch users of Octave to prefer English anyway for all
> text strings in Octave. In that sense I'm not surprised that there's no
> Dutch translation for Qt internals.
> 
> It may well be that many Flamish users (the variant of Dutch spoken in
> the north of Belgium) have other preferences. So perhaps there's more
> need for a nl_BE.ts (or is it be_NL.ts). nl_NL.ts could serve as a good
> start there.
> In fact many constructs I found in the original nl_NL.ts made me think
> of Flamish.
> 
> BTW: there's not even a Dutch (or any other) translation for the
> commercial competition. It features en_US only, AFAIK.
> 

Do you think it is then worthwhile to translate the descriptions of the
editor's styles (108 expressions) or just the editor's context menu?

Torsten