Fwd: [Kde-i18n-pt_br] Question About Header Capitalization (2nd try)

[Og Maciel]

Discussao interessante do KDE que eu acho ser valida para nos.


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From: Mauricio Piacentini <piacentini em kde.org>
Date: Sat, May 3, 2008 at 9:36 AM
Subject: [Kde-i18n-pt_br] Question About Header Capitalization (2nd try)
To: KDE i18n-doc <kde-i18n-doc em kde.org>, KDE i18n <kde-i18n-pt_br em kde.org>


(First one was posted from wrong address to the doc list, sorry)

 Hi, people. I have a question from the pt_BR team, which is currently
 undergoing a new surge of activity, with lots of new people and energy
 resulting from our first Brazilian meeting.
 The question regards capitalization of menu items. According to the
 usability wiki, these should use header capitalizatio:

 http://wiki.openusability.org/guidelines/index.php/Guidelines:Menu_Items

 So in this case:

 Save As -> Salvar Como
 Open File -> Abrir Arquivo

 Some people consider that this is not "proper" Brazilian Portuguese, and
 that we should do regular capitalization, like:

 Save As -> Salvar como
 Open File - > Abrir arquivo

 Others reasoned that in titles it is OK to use header capitalization,
 even in Portuguese, and this includes for example names of songs and
 other situations.

 MacOSX and KDE3.5 in Portuguese use header capitalization, but Vista is
 not consistent, with most programs (including Office, Firefox) going for
 the sentence form, even in menus.

 I would also like to request comment from people involved in KDE 3.5
 translation, and also our Gnome pt_Br friends, if possible. They seem to
 use header capitalization for menus as well (consistent with KDE 3.5).

 So, is this an usability guideline that should be followed in localized
 versions as well? What do other Latin languages do, and what do our
 friends in the Portuguese team do in this case?

 Regards,
 Mauricio Piacentini

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