GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 762159
Exclamation marks are inconsistent in initial "Welcome!" header
Last modified: 2016-03-13 16:43:00 UTC
On the first page of initial setup, the word "Welcome!" slides across in different languages. * At least one language uses a full stop instead of an exclamation mark, so there's a rather deadpan "Bienvenido." in the middle of what should be a warm welcome. * Some languages place a space between the word and the exclamation mark, like the French "Bienvenue !", which looks a bit untidy. * Some languages don't use an exclamation mark at all - this might make sense for some of them, but it's worth checking. If there's a note for translators, it might be a good idea to update it (I looked but couldn't see one). Once that's done, I'd be happy to take this up on the i18n list.
There's no note. What would it say ?
(In reply to Allan Day from comment #0) > On the first page of initial setup, the word "Welcome!" slides across in > different languages. > > * At least one language uses a full stop instead of an exclamation mark, so > there's a rather deadpan "Bienvenido." in the middle of what should be a > warm welcome. If the exclamation mark should be used in any language, for instance, in spanish should be "¡Bienvenido!" with open and close marks. In spanish, use exclamation emphasizes [too] much the word or the phrase, but is correct anyway. > * Some languages place a space between the word and the exclamation mark, > like the French "Bienvenue !", which looks a bit untidy. > * Some languages don't use an exclamation mark at all - this might make > sense for some of them, but it's worth checking. > > If there's a note for translators, it might be a good idea to update it (I > looked but couldn't see one). Once that's done, I'd be happy to take this up > on the i18n list.