On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 3:52 PM, Sophie Gautier <gautier.sop...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Hi Hal, > > On 10/01/2011 04:43, Hal Parker wrote: > >> Are we using the term "dialog" or "dialog box"? The OOo books vary in >> usage: >> Getting Started and Calc (and maybe Draw; I didn't check) use "dialog" >> while >> the Writer Guide uses "dialog box". >> >> The LibreOffice options use the term "dialog" for some of the options. I >> haven't checked the help, but I think it also uses "dialog". >> >> If we settle on "dialog", I will amend the Writer Guide chapters as I go >> through them doing other things. >> >> FWIW, I personally prefer "dialog" but the important thing is to be >> consistent, when we can. I suspect other variations in terminology in both >> the program and the user guides, left over from OOo. >> > > If you want to stay consistent with the help files content, then you should > use [dialog] because this is what is used all over there. > May be we should find a way for you to use our translation memory or > glossaries so you get the same words for the UI, the Help and your > documentation? This is what we try to achieve with our translation tools. Or > just let you research for the terms on Pootle would be enough, I don't know? > > Sophie, thank you for the confirmation that the Help uses "dialog". IMO that is the best reason for the user guides to use that term also. I think it would be very helpful for the writers to have access to (or a copy of) the glossaries used for the UI and Help. I don't know what might be the best way for us to do that. I have never used Pootle or any type of translation tool. I think for the writers/reviewers/editors, having a list of terms in the documentation resources would be easier for us to use. I, for example, often work offline, so I would like to have a word list that I can store on my own computer. This is my opinion. David and Ron and the others may have different ideas, or know more about it than I do. Hal -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to documentation+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/documentation/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
