In English, "rate" could mean a number of things. So, UI label keys that
are more specific would be a good idea.
-Adrian
On 6/29/2010 9:31 AM, Carsten Schinzer wrote:
> Reference: framework/config/CommonUiLabels.xml
>
> All,
>
>
> as I am currently finishing a customization of the default e-commerce setup
> for German language (Locale de_DE) I have come across some UI Labels that
> were recently introduced (apparently) and which had to be re-translated.
>
> I noticed that the translations seen for "CommonRate" do in general not
> reflect the context of the label's utilization context. In the current
> R09.04 it is used in the Product Management GUI to indicate the settings for
> the product rating. I can see no other use of this label (yet) in other
> parts of the framework / applications than in product.
>
> Now I think there are two options, and this is why I post this mail to the
> community:
> (1) Keep the label as is, ask mother tongue people to re-translate in this
> sense and be happy.
> (2) Change the label key to something more precise, such as e.g.
> "CommonProductRating" (or even remove the label from CommonUiLabels.xml and
> add to ProductUiLabels.xml) and to maintain the 'CommonRate' label as is
> with it's (apparently assumed) context of "tariff", "day rate" etc.
>
> My personal preference would be the latter as the "false" translations
> already indicate how common the misunderstandings are.
> In order to mitigate the risk of misunderstanding I would prefer to keep a
> CommonRate label and specialize the label for this utilization as proposed
> above.
>
> Please let me know your comments.
> I will take the effort of logging the proposed fix/improvement (my
> preference if no strong objections come my way here) to JIRA and providing
> respective patches then by tomorrow evening at the latest.
>
> Thanks& regards
>
>
> Carsten
>
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