Translation / wording suggestions English - Re: GCompris-devel Digest, Vol 109, Issue 2

[Timothée Giet]

Thank you very much John for your feedback!

All those corrections look relevant, I'll edit those lines accordingly.

About your last comment, yes that's exactly the reason why we changed 
that activity name. Your suggestion to replace "baby" with "my first" or 
"simple" for the 3 other activities named "Baby xxx" makes sense, I'll 
look at that too.

Cheers,

Timothée

Le 11/04/2024 à 19:41, JC a écrit :
> Dear GCompris team,
>
> I am happy to get your email!
>
> I have checked through the translations / wording updates suggested here:
> https://invent.kde.org/education/gcompris/-/merge_requests/185/diffs
>
> The updated sentences showing in green are clear and coherent. The 
> updates which have been made are good in improving clarity :-)
>
> I found some points for correction to offer you.
> (But I am very sorry, I am completely unfamiliar with the 'KDE invent' 
> interface)
>
> So I write them here in plain text for you to consider including if 
> you wish:
>
> ---START--
>
> - src/activities/drawletters/ActivityInfo.qml
> - src/activities/drawnumbers/ActivityInfo.qml
> funny --> fun
>
> - src/activities/path_decoding/ActivityInfo.qml
> - src/activities/path_decoding_relative/ActivityInfo.qml
> '...following the arrows direction.' --> '...following the arrow 
> directions.'
>
> - src/activities/numbers-odd-even/ActivityInfo.qml
> 'At first levels...' At --> On the
> to read: 'On the first levels...' and also, 'On the next levels...'
>
> - src/activities/fractions_create/ActivityInfo.qml
> '...fraction on a shape.' on --> of '...fraction of a shape'
>
> - src/activities/drawnumbers/ActivityInfo.qml
> strength --> power (or speed)
>
> These three below are similar: In teaching mathematics, I would refer 
> to the operations of 'addition' 'subtraction' etc, in singular, not 
> plural. (But I am British, so it could be an American English style...?)
> My edits would be:
>
> - src/activities/learn_decimals_subtractions/ActivityInfo.qml
> Remove 's' in all instances of 'subtractions' (including title) --> 
> subtraction
>
> - src/activities/learn_additions/ActivityInfo.qml
> - src/activities/learn_decimals_additions/ActivityInfo.qml
> Remove 's' in all instances of 'additions' (including title) --> addition
>
> src/activities/share/ActivityInfo.qml
> - divisions --> division
>
>
> Lastly, I think the edit to remove the word 'baby' (for Baby word 
> processor) is positive. The words 'my first' or 'simple' are much 
> preferred by the children I teach. As they are young they have a 
> negative mindset towards engaging with the label 'baby' - because they 
> consider themselves very much more grown up! A more neutral word 
> removes that preconception. - Maybe 'baby' could be considered for 
> replacement across all activities, if you think that would be a good 
> idea?
>
> ---END---
>
> I hope the above is some help to you in text form. Feel free to 
> contact me directly if anything is unclear.
>
> (Perhaps I can also get familiar with KDE invent interface for myself 
> sometime)
>
> Very Best Wishes to you,
>
> John
>
>
>
>
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>> Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2024 16:54:09 +0200
>> From: Johnny Jazeix <jazeix at gmail.com>
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>> Hi,
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>> we'll wait until the end of April before merging it so if you have 
>> time to
>> review it before, don't hesitate!
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Johnny
>>
>> Le jeu. 21 mars 2024 à 10:57, Johnny Jazeix <jazeix at gmail.com> a écrit :
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Emmanuel, with the help of Rachel, Anne-Françoise and Timothée 
>>> reworked a
>>> lot of strings that are displayed in the different activities.
>>>
>>> As these strings will need to be translated, we need to avoid to change
>>> them often.
>>>
>>> If you have some time, please review them in
>>> https://invent.kde.org/education/gcompris/-/merge_requests/185/diffs. 
>>> You
>>> can either directly make comments in the merge request or here by mail.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Johnny
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