Community Central talk:New skin message translation

Preview of new skin?
Some of the messages might not be well translated because we don't know the exact context where the string will be used. For example, I have no clue if "Review reason 1" means "to review the first reason" (where "review" is used as a verb), or if it means "the first reason of the review" (where "review" is a noun). The two interpretations will give completely different translations, at least in Chinese. There are a few other more minor cases where I would use different wording depending on the context of where the string is used. -PanSola 08:33, 5 May 2007 (UTC)


 * That's a good point, and I'm not sure where these review parts appear yet either. Please make the best guess for now and we can make changes after the new skins are released. Angela talk 00:35, 6 May 2007 (UTC)


 * I had the same 'problem'. I am very curious :p Is it completely differently than the Monobook skin? SPQRobin 09:32, 6 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Me too. (about the 'problem'). I'm almost sure I understood it correctly, but not if I translated well because of the context, or because I couldn't think of a better translation (being Spanish, sometimes I translate to Spanish very badly... :)


 * And about the skin, it was said in the mailing list: visit a wiki in this list, go to my preferences, and preview the skins. They are completely different, and I think they are good, but it's going to take a lot time to me to get used...--Nethac DIU 10:24, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

wikipedia namespaces
Isn't it easier to just get the right translated messages from the wikipedia site? i got mine (for the greek-el translation) from el Special:Allmessages. I think a wikia admin can just copy paste the text from there. Nevermind i am sure you have already thought about it :) --Erdimus 08:48, 6 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Most of these are new messages that aren't used in Wikipedia, though a few of them are basically the same as some of the original ones. Angela talk 15:29, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Grammar issues
What does "rate it" refer to? Also, for things such as "most emailed", do you mean one or many? – Smiddle / talk 19:03, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Home
The translation of "Home" in a few languages appears as «portail» or some similar form of the word "portal". This may make sense, but another possibility for translation would be to use «accueil» (fr, "welcome") - this is the translation used for the "Main Page" on French-language projects like désencyclopedie.com. Which version is more suitable may depend on context - some of the Spanish-like language projects do use 'portal' in some form as the mainpage name already. --66.102.80.239 14:29, 8 May 2007 (UTC)