Glossary are helpful because there are terms which could cause mistranslations, such as BASIC and Calc functions in sbasic and scalc, however there aren't rules to creating a glossary, which could cause warnings such as
> DO NOT USE THE “TERMINOLOGY” CHECKBOX UNLESS IT’S REALLY WARRANTED! > > PLEASE DON’T CROSS YOUR TEAM’S BOUNDARIES AND ADD GLOSSARY STRINGS ONLY TO > YOUR OWN GLOSSARY, NOT TO EVERYONE ELSE’S, UNLESS STRICTLY NECESSARY > https://translations.documentfoundation.org/translate/libo_ui-master/glossary/en/?checksum=fa4ca0895bb6cde7 Docs for Glossary: https://docs.weblate.org/en/latest/user/glossary.html - Untranslatable terms: Use this for brand names or other terms that should not be changed in other languages - Forbidden translations: Use this to clarify translation when some words are ambiguous or could have unexpected meanings - Terminology: Use this for important terms that should be well-thought-out, and retain a consistent meaning across all languages Would like to propose guidelines for creating Terminology terms: SHOULD: What should be in Terminology - Code variables/functions such as BASIC and Python terms should be Untranslatable terms + Terminology - Excel/Calc functions SHOULDN'T: What should not be in Terminology - Adjectives, prepositions, articles, verbs, and non-concrete nouns (common words in general) Up to discussion: - Should we use for LibreOffice UI elements/labels/menu such as layout, emphasis, home...? - While Markdown, Python, Wiki are brand names, translations software such as DeepL and Google/LibreTranslate generally don't translate them, thus adding a glossary is unnecessary If proposal accepted: add key points in https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Translating_LibreOffice Antonio Vidal (NamelessGO) -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: l10n+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/l10n/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
