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Need a clarification meaning of "Files"

Asked by Jung-Kyu Park

It may confuse for translators to translate "Files"

Might be meaning of

1) Pantheon-Files ?
2) Plural of File ?

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This question was originally filed as bug #1596482.

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Zisu Andrei (matzipan) said : 		#1

Meaning is plural of file.

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Zisu Andrei (matzipan) said : 		#2

Meaning is plural of "file"

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Best Jeremy Wootten (jeremywootten) said : 		#3

Sorry to disagree, but the only place "Files" appears as a translatable string in the code (in DesktopLauncher.vala) it is referring to the name/function of the program rather than the plural of the generic word "file". The difference is subtle but could make a difference in other languages.

Other filemanagers use the same app name, which can cause problems if more than one filemanager is installed.

As far as I can tell, where there is a translatable string referring to an actual file or files then there is no capital letter. It would perhaps be a good idea to insert a note to translators when the app name is being referred to.

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Jung-Kyu Park (bagjunggyu) said : 		#4

Thanks Jeremy Wootten, that solved my question.