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["felixbrezo@xxxxxxxxx" <felixbrezo@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the comments. We'll take that into account. My idea was more 
focused on avoiding problems with the devs regarding the usage of a 
localised (and, thus, different) name for the apps bundled with the OS. 
As far as I have understood this won't be an issue. Thanks guys!

Félix Brezo

El mar, 27 de dic 2016 a las 10:13 , Leonardo Lemos 
<leonardo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> escribió:
> Hello,
>
> We (the developers) decided to let the translators decide what to 
> translate or not in every system app or component, including app 
> names. Some languages has the necessity to translate app names to a 
> phonetic equivalent string, like Korean, or to something that the 
> user can understand what the app does. We want you to decide what is 
> best for the people that uses the OS in your language by giving you 
> the power to translate every string in the app. If you want to 
> translate some string and it isn't available to translation, please, 
> fill a report about it, let us know if we can improve elementary OS 
> and if you need help.
>
> Cheers,
>
> 2016-12-27 16:13 GMT-02:00 Adolfo Jayme Barrientos 
> <fitoschido@xxxxxxxxx>:
> > El dia 27/12/2016 11:38 a. m., "felixbrezo@xxxxxxxxx" 
> > <felixbrezo@xxxxxxxxx> va escriure:
> > > Reviewing the translations to other languages, I have found out 
> > > that applications such as the AppCenter are keeping the original 
> > > name when used in a German context while in other languages such as 
> > > French they are translated to "Applications Centre". For example, 
> > > in Spanish we were wondering if the menu launchers should be moved 
> > > from "Mail" to "Correo" or "Files" to "Archivos", taking into 
> > > account that other applications such as  "Calculator" are keeping  
> > > their name as the English version instead of using the equivalent 
> > > in Spanish ("Calculadora"). Are there any official guidelines 
> > > regarding this?
> >
> > To me, it seems obvious that an application whose name is just a 
> > generic English word should have a generic translated name.
> >
> > > Thanks in advance and keep up the good work there!
> > >
> > > Félix Brezo
> > >
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