Hi Phil and Dmitry, On Fri, 26 Feb 2021 15:02:33 +0100 Philip Hands <p...@hands.com> wrote: > Dmitry Shachnev <mity...@debian.org> writes: > >> If rewording is deemed the right way to fix this, I would suggest > >> "Recycling" as a reasonable alternative: It's shorter, so ought to fit; > >> also > >> it matches the icon, which includes the circular-arrow recycling symbol.
> > I am not a native speaker of en_GB. Do you think "Recycling" can be used in > > all places where "Wastebasket" is used currently, and where "Trash" is used > > in > > en_US? E.g. "Trashed On" → "Recycled On", > In en_GB you could probably also use "Rubbish" as the alternative word, > but that does not work in the US AFAIK. Then again this is just for the > en_GB translation, so that's probably fine. > > Most "en_GB" speakers would probably say "Bin" as the nearest > translation from US-ian "Trash", especially since both can be used as > both a noun and a verb, but I think that "Bin" is probably too short for > the label, and would look strange -- might be worth a try though. What about Wastebin/Waste bin? I’m probably not very representative as I’m not a native en_GB (or even just "en") speaker, but I don’t think I’ve heard anyone saying waste basket, but I’ve definitely heard bin or waste bin quite a lot. -- Cheers, Andrej
