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Bug 322931 - Nautilus using "couldn't" contraction in UI
Nautilus using "couldn't" contraction in UI
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 145356
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: Internationalization (i18n)
2.12.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2005-12-01 14:09 UTC by JP Rosevear
Modified: 2006-02-18 01:20 UTC
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Description JP Rosevear 2005-12-01 14:09:35 UTC 
In the nautilus source:
find . -name "*.[hc]" | xargs grep -i "couldn't"

Shouldn't be using contractions because of i18n.
Comment 1 Christian Neumair 2005-12-01 14:31:29 UTC 
How does one tell users that something doesn't work without using a negative
statement?
Comment 2 JP Rosevear 2005-12-12 18:17:17 UTC 
Thats not the problem, the contraction is.

couldn't -> could not

I believe thats in the translators guidelines for programmers.
Comment 3 Martin Wehner 2006-02-18 01:20:24 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 145356 ***