Re: [libreoffice-l10n] Wikihelp/Help Wiki/Online Help/etc... needs one clear name

Today wiki or embedded help are both quick (unless one uses a phone line
and a modem for Internet access) and contain same information, so naming
one Quick would really not help differentiating them, I guess.

Lp, m.


2013/11/14 Tom Davies <TomDavies04@yahoo.co.uk>

> Hi :)
> I like combining parts of those last 2 ideas but i'm not sure if it
> would work.  Is the idea of "Quick Help" easy to translate into French
> or anything else?
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
> On 14 November 2013 19:29, Sophie <gautier.sophie@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi Robinson, all,
> > Le 14/11/2013 20:09, Robinson Tryon a écrit :
> > > On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 5:45 AM, Martin Srebotnjak <miles@filmsi.net>
> wrote:
> > > > I am looking at it from l10n perspective. "Online help" in most
> languages
> > > > means help online, on the web. While it is actually meant as
> > > > embedded/"inline"/offline help. So I just hope all translators
> translated it
> > > > properly. So maybe English names for it should be chosen carefully
> also for
> > > > non-native English speakers.
> > >
> > > Yes, I agree completely that the name should try to avoid confusion in
> > > other languages.
> > >
> > > Perhaps it would be more clear if we treat the name as a proper noun,
> > > the way we do with 'LibreOffice', and not translate it. So
> > > "LibreOffice QuickHelp is available online or as a downloadable
> > > add-on" would become (in my very poor French) "On se trouve <<
> > > LibreOffice QuickHelp >> en ligne ou on peut le telecharger".
> >
> > I'm afraid that won't work, users will takes it as an obscure extension
> > they don't even understand the name ;)
> > I like Martin proposal for 'internal/external', this is referring to the
> > same thing while one embedded and one in another place.
> > Others, what's your idea?
> > Kind regards
> > Sophie
> >
> >
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