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French Guidelines
Revision as of 06:13, 30 September 2008 by Unnamed Poltroon (Talk)
Contents
Linguistic guidelines
Capitalization
Capitalize only the first letter of the first word in menus, commands, and dialog box options. Save As = Enregistrer sous Only product names or plug-in names should contain capitalized letters
Here are the general rules when translating software files.
Typo conventions
General typo rules for UI and Doc/Help
- Capital letters are not accented
- Punctuation marks like exclamation point ( ! ), question mark ( ? ), colon ( : ) and semi-colon ( ; ) are preceeded and followed by a space. Ex: **Error ! , Enter : text
- The space is also used between numbers and the percentage symbol (3 %)
It is also used between numbers and abbreviations such as cm, mm, Ko, etc. (3 cm).
What should be left untranslated in eclipse
- Special parameters like