Bug 6069

Summary:	american translation instead of english for the drakxtools
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	graham tarn <gtarn>
Component:	RPM Packages	Assignee:	Mageia Bug Squad <bugsquad>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	Normal	CC:	sysadmin-bugs
Version:	Cauldron	Keywords:	Junior_job
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	x86_64
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Source RPM:	drakx	CVE:
Status comment:

Description graham tarn 2012-05-24 16:37:42 CEST

Description of problem:


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

Mageia dual LXDE (but the bug is probably across all desktop environments).
How reproducible: Log in and open the Menu: see Mageia Control Center and Network Center and cringe at the spelling. 
The written English language of the UK reflects its culture and history - the form of the spelling is often based on a French origin because of 10th - 14th century influences.e.g. centre, favourites and so on
Our language is our Communication.  This bug is rated as Major because it is seen as creating political and cultural division between Linux users, as one country tries to dominate through language andtoo belittle the language of another.


Steps to Reproduce:
1. select English language when install and locales London
2. log in
3. see Menu in American dialect

Comment 1 Manuel Hiebel 2012-05-25 11:01:39 CEST

what is the issue ? only the name of mageia control center and network center ?

what do you propose ?

Component: Others => RPM Packages
Version: unspecified => Cauldron
Assignee: sysadmin-bugs => bugsquad
Product: Infrastructure => Mageia
Source RPM: (none) => drakx

Comment 2 James Kerr 2012-05-25 12:01:53 CEST

The drakxtools issue has been discussed before and just needs someone to volunteer to provide an en_GB "translation". (More than the menu is involved.)

Personally, I regard this as a trivial matter. It certainly does not make me feel that anyone is trying to "dominate through language".

Comment 3 Marja Van Waes 2012-05-26 13:03:56 CEST

Hi,

This bug was filed against cauldron, but we do not have cauldron at the moment.

Please report whether this bug is still valid for Mageia 2.

Thanks :)

Cheers,
marja

Keywords: (none) => NEEDINFO

Comment 4 Manuel Hiebel 2012-05-27 17:08:36 CEST

setting to enhancement since I still don't see what is wrong

Keywords: NEEDINFO => (none)
Severity: major => enhancement

Comment 5 James Kerr 2012-05-27 21:00:37 CEST

(In reply to comment #4)
> I still don't see what is wrong

There is no British English "translation" for the drakxtools. They use Americanese. The differences are relatively trivial - mainly in the spelling of a few words. (It's always been this way in Mandrake/Mandriva/Mageia.)

From time to time someone complains, but, so far as I can remember, no-one has ever been bothered enough by it to provide a "translation".

Comment 6 Manuel Hiebel 2012-05-28 10:53:27 CEST

so feel free to join teams

Keywords: (none) => Junior_job
Summary: UK_English_ language_install_but_all_menus_in_American_dialect => american translation instead of english for the drakxtools

Comment 7 James Kerr 2012-06-09 09:19:25 CEST

See also https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1793#c9 and the discussion that followed.

Comment 8 Manuel Hiebel 2012-06-25 04:28:00 CEST

closing then, one is enough

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1793 ***

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => DUPLICATE