Bug 170664

Summary:	KDE errors: Option for non-translated English version
Product:	[Translations] i18n	Reporter:	Dotan Cohen <kde-2011.08>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Lukáš Tinkl <lukas>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	karl, qiilaq69
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Unspecified
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
Attachments:	Mockup of idea

Description Dotan Cohen 2008-09-08 09:06:27 UTC

Version:            (using KDE 4.1.1)
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages

The KDE translation teams do an amazing job- my family would be unable to use KDE without the hard work the Hebrew translation has done. However, whenever there are errors that I must google or post to a mailing list, my translations back to English are often inaccurate. Therefore, one cannot google an error message and often it is difficult to describe the situation in mailing lists and IRC.

I propose an option where, in the case of error messages only, the user can get the error in English (for google and mailing lists) as well as in his native language (so that the user himself will understand). The GUI mechanism that I recommend would be the Details dialog in popup windows. The error would appear in the user's native language, and below in addition to the OK and Cancel buttons would be a Details button that when pressed would give the exact same error message, but in English.

Comment 1 Dotan Cohen 2008-12-12 16:57:11 UTC

Created attachment 29273 [details]
Mockup of idea

Comment 2 Dotan Cohen 2009-05-25 16:23:11 UTC

Here is a terrific discussion of the issue:
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001248.html

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