====== Problem Words ======

These are some words that always create problems in that they are often
translated into a language using the same word but these words have different 
meanings in computer terminology.

===== How to check for duplicates =====

You can use [[toolkit:pocompendium]] -v to see if you have used the same word for various
English words.

===== In and Out of your computer and programs =====

The following are in order of severity

^ Word       ^ Meaning  ^
| Off        | Swith an option off (like switching off a light switch)  |
| Close	     | Usually closing the Window of an application but not closing the application itself (close a window)  |
| Quit/Exit  | Close the application (exit from the stage)  |
| Logout     | Close all the applications and return to the login screen (go outside)  |
| Shutdown   | Shutdown all systems on the computer and often turn it off (turn the light off)  |


===== Getting rid of things =====


^ Word  ^ Meaning  ^
| Cancel  | Ignore this action  |
| Delete  | Remove a file  |
| Stop    | Do not continue with this task  |
| Erase   | Same as delete  |
| Remove  | Same as delete  |
| Clear   | Usually to clear the screen, to erase a white/black board  |

===== Your settings, etc =====

Most of these are the same, although some programs might use them slightly
differently.

  Preferences
  Settings
  Configuration
  Options

===== Programming languages =====

You will often see text that relates to programming or programming like languages.  Some of them you
can change.

  * Spreadsheet functions - you can translate these if they make sense
  * Program syntax - never translate as this is the grammar of a programming language
  * SQL - you should never change this unless the program is providing some user interface that will hide people from the actual SQL language.

==== Do translate ====

  * Many people cannot read Latin characters so the words and names will appear meaningless
  * You don't need to think about whether this is or isn't translatable

==== Don't translate ====

  * Think of it as another language, you have to learn the language of the spreadsheet
  * Outside of your application people will see only the English so if you translate it will confuse them
  * If people work in a multilingual environment its better to leave it untranslated becauase you don't want them to struggle when they can't remember the Afrikaans naam for SUM()