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2009-11-07T13:55:03Z

Rusi Capelo:

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===Localization of [http://secondlife.com secondlife.com] and [http://secondlife.com/land/?lang=en-US Landstore] into Italian===

The purpose of this page is to facilate communication between Linden Lab and the Localizers Italian team working on the localization of sl.com and Landstore.

Please enter your question on this wiki and I will do my best to provide an answer!

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*'''Question:'''
Translation of file "LL_22_09_09_en.html": There is the following sentence:

The total land area of Second Life is now equivalent to approximately two billion square meters – roughly the size of the state of Rhode Island.

I translated the sentence as-is, but there are two issues:
According to Wikipedia, the area of Rhode Island is 4 billion square meters (4000 square km). What number should we use, 2 or 4 billion?
"The size of the state of Rhode Island" does not mean anything to an Italian. Do we use an equivalent Italian land mass? The Molise region is slightly larger than the state of Rhode Island.

Please advise.

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Is there an existing Italian term for the following English terms (which I did not find in the glossary provided), or do any of them stay in English?

Homestead
Mainland
Market Place
Freezing
Concierge

What about the following two UI strings?

sell objects with the land
Second Life Grid Status Reports

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For:
Homestead should stay as is.
Mainland can be translated, it is a type of land in SL. Basically you have the mainland (continent in French) and private islands

Market Place can be translated. It refers to XstreetSL I believe

Concierge can stay as is. It is a type of premium service.

"To freeze" means to prevent an avatar from moving. It should be translated.

sell objects with the land --- > You sell the objecs located on the land along with the parcel. It is an option in the viewer when you sell your land.

Second Life Grid Status Reports --- > http://status.secondlifegrid.net/
That page is not translated in FR but the link is: État de la grille de Second Life

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Do the Estate type names (i.e. Hill and Dale, Loch Lake, Ruth's Retreat) get translated? French translated the first one, did not tranlate the second one, and partially translated the third one.

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Please translate when you think the meaning might be obscure for Non-English speakers. This is what I did for French. it is hard to come up with "catchy" marketing names, but I am sure you'll be inspired :-)

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Can you explain the date format "F j, Y."

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Have to check...
Hi, we found the following information:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.date.php

F = month (full text)

j = day of the month (without leading zeroes)

Y = year (four digits)

Hope this helps!
Sabine

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Can you explain the following string:

throb...

'''''Answer:'''''

Please leave as is.

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What comes after the following string (I am assuming coordinates):

Reservation at

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I think so

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Openspace is sometime written as one word and other times as two words (Open space). Should it be one word or two? And should it be left in English?

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Please leave in EN and make it one word!

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What does "neighborhood living" mean? Is this what in real life would be called "urban living"? I am not sure that the term has a cultural equivalent in Italian.

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It means you have neighbors and you're not isolated.

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I have tried to maintain a gender-neutral language, but in Italian the beginning of email messages ("Dear..." or "Welcome...") depends on the gender of the person it is sent to. I am using a masculine form, is that going to be an issue?

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In French, I say Cher(e) XYZ.
So I offer both options.
If you cannot in IT, use the masculine bu default.

Localization Vendor Localizers IT

2009-09-14T20:50:46Z

Rusi Capelo:

{{LocVendorNav}}
===Localization of [http://secondlife.com secondlife.com] and [http://secondlife.com/land/?lang=en-US Landstore] into Italian===

The purpose of this page is to facilate communication between Linden Lab and the Localizers Italian team working on the localization of sl.com and Landstore.

Please enter your question on this wiki and I will do my best to provide an answer!

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*'''Question:'''

Is there an existing Italian term for the following English terms (which I did not find in the glossary provided), or do any of them stay in English?

Homestead
Mainland
Market Place
Freezing
Concierge

What about the following two UI strings?

sell objects with the land
Second Life Grid Status Reports

'''''Answer:'''''

For:
Homestead should stay as is.
Mainland can be translated, it is a type of land in SL. Basically you have the mainland (continent in French) and private islands

Market Place can be translated. It refers to XstreetSL I believe

Concierge can stay as is. It is a type of premium service.

"To freeze" means to prevent an avatar from moving. It should be translated.

sell objects with the land --- > You sell the objecs located on the land along with the parcel. It is an option in the viewer when you sell your land.

Second Life Grid Status Reports --- > http://status.secondlifegrid.net/
That page is not translated in FR but the link is: État de la grille de Second Life

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*'''Question:'''

Do the Estate type names (i.e. Hill and Dale, Loch Lake, Ruth's Retreat) get translated? French translated the first one, did not tranlate the second one, and partially translated the third one.

'''''Answer:'''''

Please translate when you think the meaning might be obscure for Non-English speakers. This is what I did for French. it is hard to come up with "catchy" marketing names, but I am sure you'll be inspired :-)

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*'''Question:'''

Can you explain the date format "F j, Y."

'''''Answer:'''''

Have to check...
Hi, we found the following information:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.date.php

F = month (full text)

j = day of the month (without leading zeroes)

Y = year (four digits)

Hope this helps!
Sabine

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*'''Question:'''

Can you explain the following string:

throb...

'''''Answer:'''''

Please leave as is.

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*'''Question:'''

What comes after the following string (I am assuming coordinates):

Reservation at

'''''Answer:'''''
I think so

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*'''Question:'''

Openspace is sometime written as one word and other times as two words (Open space). Should it be one word or two? And should it be left in English?

'''''Answer:'''''
Please leave in EN and make it one word!

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*'''Question:'''

What does "neighborhood living" mean? Is this what in real life would be called "urban living"? I am not sure that the term has a cultural equivalent in Italian.

'''''Answer:'''''
It means you have neighbors and you're not isolated.

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*'''Question:'''
I have tried to maintain a gender-neutral language, but in Italian the beginning of email messages ("Dear..." or "Welcome...") depends on the gender of the person it is sent to. I am using a masculine form, is that going to be an issue?

'''''Answer:'''''
In French, I say Cher(e) XYZ.
So I offer both options.
If you cannot in IT, use the masculine bu default.

Localization Vendor Localizers DE

2009-08-20T19:23:21Z

Rusi Capelo:

{{LocVendorNav}}
===Localization of [http://work.secondlife.com Second Life Work] into German===

'''The purpose of this page is to facilate communication between Linden Lab and the Localizers German team working on the localization of the SL Work project.

Please enter your question on this wiki and I will do my best to provide an answer!'''

*'''Question:'''
File "SL_Work_EN_strings.po_xx.rtf": Can we use typographical German quotes?
E.g. „Diese progressive Mentalität wurde von allen begrüßt.“

The 100% matches in the TM contain straight English quotes.

'''''Answer:'''''
Thank you for bringing this up. For the new website and also new translations I am using typographical quotes. I have not managed to update the TM. Therefore, please use German quotes on sl work website. Danke!

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File "SL_Work_EN_strings.po_xx.rtf":

There are a few sentences that might need to be rewritten since they are no longer true:

The NOAA case study PDF is available in <a href='http://secondlifegrid.net.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/Second_Life_Case_NOAA_EN.pdf'>English</a> only.

Die PDF der NOAA-Fallstudie steht nur in <a href='http://secondlifegrid.net.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/Second_Life_Case_NOAA_EN.pdf'>englischer Sprache</a> zur Verfügung.

I thought that the NOAA and other case studies (Intel etc.) are now also available in localized form. We will for the moment translate literally but wanted to point it out for post-editing purposes.

'''''Answer:'''''
Excellent point! This will apply to F and J as well. On the website in box with title [http://work.secondlife.com/successstories/case/noaa/ Download This Case] we currently use: '''The NOAA case study PDF is available in English only. Look for additional tranlsations here soon.'''

For NOAA, Cigna-vielife, Northrop Grumman, IBM, Intel and Loyalist College the case studies exist in FJG. I will find out if we already have a link for these case studies and what the text for the box will be once the translated case studies are available.
Thanks for pointing this out!
Gruss, Simone

'''update:'''
We will change the English text along with the translations after the first translation pass, and after the PDFs are produced. The (future) format of the text will be like what's currently online at:

[http://work.secondlife.com/successstories/case/ibm/ IBM case study]

As PDFs for the other languages are ready, we'll add on to that list.

The English and localized pages will have the same content and format, each will have links to all case studies.

Thanks again for bringing this up. Please translate the text as is in your files :)

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File "SL_Work_EN_strings.po_xx.rtf":
I am not sure I understand this sentence: "By setting objects to group ownership, you give any member of a specific group to edit content." Can you help rewrite it? Certain objects can be transferred so they are owned by the group. Should the last bit be:

"...you give any member of a specific group content to edit" (rather than "to edit content")? Thank you!

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Localization Vendor Localizers DE

2009-08-13T23:09:03Z

Rusi Capelo:

Localization Vendor Localizers DE

2009-08-13T20:28:26Z

Rusi Capelo:

===Localization of [http://work.secondlife.com Second Life Work] into German===

'''The purpose of this page is to facilate communication between Linden Lab and the Localizers German team working on the localization of the SL Work project.

Please enter your question on this wiki and I will do my best to provide an answer!'''

*'''Question:'''
File "SL_Work_EN_strings.po_xx.rtf": Can we use typographical German quotes?
E.g. „Diese progressive Mentalität wurde von allen begrüßt.“

The 100% matches in the TM contain straight English quotes.

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