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[Kevin Godby <godbyk@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi, Sylvie.

On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 4:50 PM, Sylvie Gallet <sylvie.gallet@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>   The French team just finished translating the new strings and we
> started reviewing the translations in the pdf.
>
>   Since the .pot and the .tex file don't always match, some of the
> paragraphs are still in English.
>
>   Anyone wants to change what I've added to unity.tex a few days ago?
>
> ("Note that Unity now has locally integrated menus. Locally integrated
> menus are displayed in the title bar of unmaximized windows, instead of
> the top panel. As the default Unity menu, locally integrated menus are
> displayed on mouse over and there's no option to make the menus
> permanently visible. Locally integrated menus can be enabled via
> \menu{Session Indicator \then System Settings \then Appearance \then
> Behavior \then Show the menus for a window \then in the window's title
> bar}." )

Since the manual is intended for newcomers to Ubuntu, saying that
'...Unity now has...' won't mean much to them since they weren't
familiar with how the menus used to be. I'd adjust the text so that it
simply describes the current state of affairs and leaves out
references to the past.

I'll take a stab at adjusting this text, but it'll be a couple days
before I have the time.

>   Kevin, are you planning to update the template soon so that it
> includes all the changes we've made in the recent revisions?

Yes. We're still writing and editing the manual (we're a bit behind
this cycle since we haven't had too many authors or editors this
round). The current translation template is just a draft that was
uploaded upon request by Hannie.

You're welcome to translate it, but expect that some strings will still change.

—Kevin