Knowledge Base Label Translations

New Labels added April 21, 2011

English	French	German	Spanish	Portuguese
Search	Rechercher	Suchen From the way this label is used it seems that "Search" is a noun. The gramatically correct translation then would be "Suche". Torben 13:07, 3 May 2011 (PDT)	Buscar It's better "Búsqueda", noun, not verb. (discussed and approved at this Google Doc).	Busca

New Labels added April, 2011

Note: Initially, there are not many non-English articles with these labels, and so they labels may not appear in the "filter list."

English	French	German	Spanish	Portuguese
Customer Support	Assistance client	Support	Soporte al cliente It's better "Atención al cliente". (see the comments of the Spanish team in this Google Doc).	Suporte
Community Platform	Plate-forme communautaire	Community-Plattform	Plataforma comunitaria We are still debating (see this Google Doc).	Espaço da comunidade

Original KB Labels

German

English	German	Suggested Translation	Comments
Abuse and Griefing	Missbrauch und Griefing		I don't know how widely the SL-ism/Internet-ism "griefing" is known in German. AFAIK, it's not even an anglicism. "to grief" (other than "to grieve") isn't a proper English verb, is it? --Boroondas Gupte This is a tough one... I believe "Griefing" comes from Grief Player (short: Griefer). Do you have any alternative suggestions? How about translating it as "Abuse and Harassment" (Missbrauch und Belästigung)? Torben
Account	Konto	Benutzerkonto	... assuming "Account" is about the user account. "Konto" alone and without context usually means "bank account", so "Benutzerkonto" will be less ambiguous. --Boroondas Gupte "Account" is used more broadly in KB articles and viewer strings. In the glossary "account" is translated as "Konto" because there´s terms like "account summary" and "account history" Torben
Avatar	Avatar		Can stay as-is, it's Sanskrit anyway. :-P --Boroondas Gupte
Getting Started	Anfänger		"Anfänger", although technically a neutral term, might be perceived as dismissive by some. --Boroondas Gupte Torben suggests using "Erste Schritte" instead.
Billing	Zahlung/Rechnung	Abrechnung	"Zahlung/Rechnung" is fine, too. --Boroondas Gupte
Buying and Selling	Kauf und Verkauf	Handel	"Kauf und Verkauf" might be better, depending on the scope of the label. --Boroondas Gupte
Content Creation	Inhaltserstellung	Inhalte erstellen	Just because German allows you to join arbitrary nouns doesn't mean you should do so. --Boroondas Gupte So true! Torben
Communication	Kommunikation
Controls	Steuerungen	Steuerung	In German, plural is rather strange for this. --Boroondas Gupte
Groups	Gruppen
Inventory	Inventar
Land	Land
Linden dollars (L$)	Linden dollars (L$)	Linden Dollar (L$)	"Dollar" is a noun, thus must be capitalized in German. The German word "Dollar" has two plurals, "Dollar" and "Dollars". When speaking about prices or generally amounts of money, the first one (without 's') is used. The second plural form is only used to refer to physical money (several coins or bills). Though, with "Dollar" being a foreign word, even native speakers of German might disagree on this. --Boroondas Gupte This is a funny catch as the style guide asks for the term "Linden Dollars" to be capitalized ;) The "Gesellschaft für deutsche Sprache" permits adding the suffix s to indicate plural for currencies. So Euro/Euros and Dollar/Dollars would be correct. There is indeed a contrary discussion about use cases. Traditionally we had currencies that didn´t allow suffixes (Taler/Mark). Anyway, Linden Dollar (L$) sounds good for german... -- Torben 15:17, 21 April 2011 (PDT) I just corrected the Style Guide. The correct capitalization is "Linden dollar." The word "dollar" is not capitalized in English. German is of course another story :-). --Rand Linden 12:51, 12 May 2011 (PDT)
Maturity	Alterseinstufung		"Altersbeschränkung" (age restriction) or "Jugendschutz" (protection of minors) are common terms but might have legal implications. --Boroondas Gupte This is a term from the glossary too. It does seem to be deprecated though. Might need some brainstorming. Torben
Navigation	Navigation
Reference	Referenz		Not really sure what this category is supposed to refer (sic!) to. Glossaries etc.? --Boroondas Gupte Rand, we need some help here... This label so makes no sense until you enlighten us :) Torben Rand's explanation in this thread of the Private Forum. I've started a new forum thread to discuss the German translation of this specific label.--Boroondas Gupte
Social	Soziale Medien	Soziales	"Soziale Medien" is usually only used as translation for the English "Social Media", thus only referring to modern stuff (mostly "Web 2.0"), not media which are or can be used socially in general. The nominalization "Soziales" ("Social stuff") is a bit of a cheap resort, but I can't think of a better term right now. --Boroondas Gupte "Soziale Medien" is plain wrong. Noting "Soziale Interaktion" as discussion item. Torben

French

English	French
Abuse and Griefing	Infractions et comportements visant à semer le trouble
Account	Compte
Avatar	Avatar
Getting Started	Premiers pas
Billing	Facturation/paiement
Buying and Selling	Achats et ventes
Content Creation	Création de contenu
Communication	Communication
Controls	Contrôles
Groups	Groupes
Inventory	Inventaire
Land	Terrains
Linden dollars (L$)	Linden dollars (L$)
Maturity	Catégories de contenu
Navigation	Navigation
Reference	Référence
Social	Social

Spanish

• The team is working on it, see this Google Doc.

English	Spanish	We think...	Comments
Abuse and Griefing	Infracciones y comportamiento indebido	It is better "Infracciones"	See why in our comments in this Google Doc.
Account	Cuenta	OK	Commented in this Google Doc.
Avatar	Avatar	OK	Commented in this Google Doc.
Getting Started	Principiante	It is better "Primeros pasos"	See why in our comments in this Google Doc.
Billing	Facturación	OK	Commented in this Google Doc.
Buying and Selling	Compra y venta	OK	Commented in this Google Doc.
Content Creation	Creación de contenido	Working on it, we are still debating in this Google Doc.
Communication	Comunicación	Working on it, we are still debating in this Google Doc.
Controls	Controles	Working on it, we are still debating in this Google Doc.
Groups	Grupos	OK	Commented in this Google Doc.
Inventory	Inventario	OK	Commented in this Google Doc.
Land	Terreno	It is better "Terrenos"	See why in our comments in this Google Doc.
Linden dollars (L$)	Dólares Linden (L$)	OK	Commented in this Google Doc.
Maturity	Calificación	OK	Commented in this Google Doc.
Navigation	Navegación	Working on it, we are still debating in this Google Doc.
Reference	Referencia	?????	Translator, see Rand's explanation in this thread of the Private Forum.
Social	Social	Working on it, we are still debating in this Google Doc.

Portuguese

English	Portuguese
Abuse and Griefing	Abuso e griefing
Account	Conta
Avatar	Avatar
Getting Started	Primeiros passos
Billing	Pagamento de contas
Buying and Selling	Compras e vendas
Content Creation	Criação de conteúdo
Communication	Comunicação
Controls	Controles
Groups	Grupos
Inventory	Inventário
Land	Terrenos
Linden dollars (L$)	Dólares Linden (L$)
Maturity	Maturidade
Navigation	Navegação
Reference	Referência
Social	Social