The following table(s) should be used to generate consistent translations and appearances of some several translation strings. It's easier for the DokuWiki community to find the same terms for the meanings in the localizations.

The translators should always use one specific term of their target language to translate the English term. The table will avoid using synonyms for one term. Normally, not every English word is translated to the target language (either there is no word for it or it would sound bad), those ones should be listed here also.

Maybe it's needful to discuss about the one or other term, but please add them first here.

Some parts of strings are replaced later, but marked at for hand by %s, %d or other similar placeholders. Here some tips:

• Reorder placeholders When a string contains more placeholders you can swap the order in your localisation by using numbered placeholders of the form %1$s (1$ is added)
  e.g. English: %s at %s is translated as Korean: %2$s에 %1$1s.
• Included tailed value as placeholder When a string or number is placed just after a translated string, it is good practice to include it by using a placeholder. Some languages has their own word order that may put the %s earlier in the string. When you require such placeholders in your localisation, please ask the developer to add it.
  e.g. History of %s.

Strings may end with characters like : to announce a certain value or message. Please include these in the strings, because there are languages, which prefer their own characters for stuff like the colon.

• In French before ?, ! and ; a non-breakable half space is inserted (HTML:  )
• In French before : a non-breakable space is inserted (HTML:  )

More examples: http://unicode.org/udhr/n/notes_fra.html

The English language file contains several wording inconsistencies. The preferred wording is stated below, with the non-preferred alternative(s) in another column. Some choices may be a matter of taste; my only thought is there should be a single form used throughout the language files.

For a consisted use of words we recommend the following translation :

Currently most popular IT-English words are incorporated in the Dutch Language. Because they are already well known you are encouraged to use these instead of the literal translation. Verification of the correct usage and spelling.

“To download” generally causes no problems, and the translation “Télécharger” is used everywhere. But on the other hand, “To upload” is source of infinite debates and multiple propositions :

• “Téléversement” : it's almost only used in Québec, and not even in French dictionaries.
• “Télécharger” : controversial because a language abuse associates it to “download”, but it's original meaning is to remotely load data, whatever the direction of the loading is; so this translation is correct and understandable for French people. Not really an argument, but please notice that Google's tool translates it this way too.
• “Télécharger vers le serveur” || “Télécharger vers l'amont” : right, but too long, and the precision is useless since context is clear enough.