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Divergences between ubuntu-l10n and gnome-i18n regarding en_GB: msg#00233

Subject: Divergences between ubuntu-l10n and gnome-i18n regarding en_GB
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Peter Oliver wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Sep 2006, David Lodge wrote:
>
>> I'm happy either way, to tell you the truth I've never been happy with
>> "Wastebasket", but "Deleted Items" doesn't do it for me either (too
>> prosaic).
>
> Looks like you're already settled this, and I'm not trying to re-open
> the debate, but I always liked the sound of "Dustbin", myself.

Yeah; the debate on the Ubuntu team list was pretty lengthy, and the
poll which ended it did pretty much decide on "Deleted Items".

>> It's relatively easy to whip up a script (a few lines of sed
>> would do it) to do the changes en masse.
>
> Not really.  Since "Trash" and "Wastebasket" refer to the container, and
> "Deleted Items" refers to the contents, sentences such as "Empty Deleted
> Items" won't make sense any more.  You need to "Erase deleted items" or
> similar.

Uhuh! We use "Deleted Items" and "[Move to] Deleted Items Folder", so
that the system still works.



Nonetheless, I was mainly trying to discover the GNOME policy on
divergences downstream, and what we at Ubuntu should do about it. Any
pointers? Or does GNOME not care?
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