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From: Leonardo Fontenelle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 20/12/2006 00:20
Subject: Re: Verbs form in UI actions
To: Christian Rose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
2006/12/19, Christian Rose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Swedish u
On 12/18/06, Thomas Thurman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 18/12/06, Wouter Bolsterlee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I was explicitly referring to Dutch here. Imperative style is just not
> > friendly in Dutch, and it sounds a bit strange as well (all Dutch software
> > uses infinitives instead o
On Mon, 18 Dec 2006 15:23:29 -, Dale Gulledge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>> I wonder whether most English speakers think of them as imperatives, and
>> what languages other than English don't think of them as infinitives.
> I think it is important to keep in mind that none of us are
> repre
On 18/12/06, Wouter Bolsterlee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I was explicitly referring to Dutch here. Imperative style is just not
friendly in Dutch, and it sounds a bit strange as well (all Dutch software
uses infinitives instead of imperatives).
I think it must vary a lot by language. Someone
On 12/18/06, Thomas Thurman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 18/12/06, Dale Gulledge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> On 12/18/06, Wouter Bolsterlee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > 2006-12-17 klockan 17:31 skrev Youssef Chahibi:
> > >In what form (Infinitive, Noun, Imperative) are UI actions
>
2006-12-18 klockan 15:19 skrev Dale Gulledge:
> On 12/18/06, Wouter Bolsterlee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> In English, these words are written as imperatives (spelled the same as
> infinitive). However, in Dutch, we stick to infinitives only. Imperative
> form is considered bad style and
On 18/12/06, Dale Gulledge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 12/18/06, Wouter Bolsterlee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> 2006-12-17 klockan 17:31 skrev Youssef Chahibi:
> >In what form (Infinitive, Noun, Imperative) are UI actions
> > like "Open", "Close", "Show" ... translated in your language?
On 12/18/06, Wouter Bolsterlee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
2006-12-17 klockan 17:31 skrev Youssef Chahibi:
>In what form (Infinitive, Noun, Imperative) are UI actions
> like "Open", "Close", "Show" ... translated in your language?
>Do you have any idea about what is intended by the verb f
In Spanish we use infinitive, except for File, that we use the noun.
El dom, 17-12-2006 a las 16:31 +, Youssef Chahibi escribió:
>In what form (Infinitive, Noun, Imperative) are UI actions
> like "Open", "Close", "Show" ... translated in your language?
>Do you have any idea about wha
2006-12-17 klockan 17:31 skrev Youssef Chahibi:
>In what form (Infinitive, Noun, Imperative) are UI actions
> like "Open", "Close", "Show" ... translated in your language?
>Do you have any idea about what is intended by the verb form in English,
> is
> Imperative or infinitive?
In Engli
On 18/12/2006, at 3:01 AM, Youssef Chahibi wrote:
In what form (Infinitive, Noun, Imperative) are UI actions
like "Open", "Close", "Show" ... translated in your language?
Do you have any idea about what is intended by the verb form in
English, is
Imperative or infinitive?
Imperative.
Most times we just follow original guidelines, but when it makes sense
we use our own guidelines. The GNOME HIG states that the UI actions
should be imperative (that's why they aren't "To open", neither
"Opens"), but in Portuguese we prefer infinitive.
Leonardo Fontenelle
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Dnia 2006-12-17 17:31, Użytkownik Youssef Chahibi napisał:
>In what form (Infinitive, Noun, Imperative) are UI actions
> like "Open", "Close", "Show" ... translated in your language?
>Do you have any idea about what is intended by the verb form in English,
> is
> Imperative or infinitive
In what form (Infinitive, Noun, Imperative) are UI actions
like "Open", "Close", "Show" ... translated in your language?
Do you have any idea about what is intended by the verb form in English, is
Imperative or infinitive?
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