Déjà vu is known in German as well. Actually, I wouldn't translate a program name at all. A minor problem with "Déjà dup" are special characters which I cannot write easily and a more relevant is the connection between dup and backup. So why not "Deja backup"?
Am Sonntag, 3. April 2011, 18:21:27 schrieb Michael Terry: > Hello! I'm the maintainer of Déjà Dup, a backup program that this > list last saw when I asked for a usability review (which I've recorded > the suggestions from and have been slowly implementing many of the > changes, so thanks so very much!). > > It has belatedly come to my attention that Déjà Dup is a terrible name: > > 1) It's not translatable in any meaningful sense > 2) No one knows how to pronounce it > 3) I've had users continue to say Déjà Vu instead, even after having > been corrected > 4) It doesn't shout "I'm a backup program" to new users > > In it's favor: > > 1) I think it's cute > 2) I can usually append the phrase "Backup Tool" to its name in > ambiguous contexts so it's clear what it does > 3) It's been in use for a couple years > > However, I am more than willing to entertain a rename. I thought I'd > email ya'll for advice on whether you think a rename is warranted, > name suggestions, experience from any renames you may have experienced > in the past. > > Thanks, > -mt > _______________________________________________ > usability mailing list > usability@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability -- Dr. Heiko Tietze Senior-Consultant ________________________________________________________________________ Wir binden Anwender in Entwicklungsprozesse ein. ______________________________________________________________________ Apliki Psychologische IT-Beratung Tempelhofer Ufer 1a 10961 Berlin Fon +49 · 30 · 99277999 · 0 Fax +49 · 30 · 99277999 · 9 Mob +49 · 179 · 1268509 Mail heiko.tie...@apliki.de Netz www.apliki.de ________________________________________________________________________ Apliki GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin, AG Charlottenburg, HRA 39114 Persönlich haftend: Apliki Beteiligungs GmbH, Berlin, AG Charlottenburg, HRB 104921 vertreten durch: Steffen Eßers, Björn Balazs _______________________________________________ usability mailing list usability@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
