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)


 * Thats not the only one. like:

Well those are the ones i have more doubts so it can be done proper translations --Cizagna (Talk) 15:18, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
 * "Create account" can be used in spanish as some one added "Crear una cuenta"(Create an account) wich is the action of creating an account or a personal touch "Crea una cuenta" wich is inviting to create an account.
 * "Home" it can be "Pagina principal"(Home page) or "Portada"(Cover) or "Portal"(Portal).
 * "Join now" is "Unete ahora" but a more spanish word will be "Registrate ya"(that it means an instanst before now like "got it now") or "Registrate ahora"(this is more like "get it now") but "Registrate" is more from "registration" than for "join" and thats "Unete".
 * "Most popular articles" is translated as "artículos más populares" as a word translation thought Spanish has more elements and it could be "los artículos más populares"
 * "Discuss" is like "Lets discuss" or plain "discuss" as the action? as it can be translated as "Discute" or "Discusion"
 * "my stuff" i see some of the translations using "útiles" that word in a raw translation is equipment and "útiles" means more like useful stuff for a specific purpose like for example "get your stuff for school" would translate "agarra tus útiles de la escuela" but "my stuff" in a raw and simple translation is "mis cosas" according to Wikidiccionary Stuff is a "The tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object" or "Substitution for material of unknown type or name." so in english would apply the same as "my things"?
 * "Most popular" means "the most popular" or just "most popular"?

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)
 * We don't use "Portal" but "Portada". It means Cover or Front Page.--Rataube 18:32, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Similar problem in Danish. Inspired by the German "main page" I've used Hovedside. On the other side home literally is Hjem so in a comment I've noted Hjemmeside. Both are seen on native pages, the latter being used more for personal websites.