Bug 245411

Summary: Switch Application Language list of languages should not be translated into the selected language
Product: [Translations] i18n Reporter: kavol <kavol>
Component: generalAssignee: Albert Astals Cid <aacid>
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME    
Severity: normal CC: lueck, public
Priority: NOR    
Version: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Fedora RPMs   
OS: Linux   
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Description kavol 2010-07-22 10:42:30 UTC
Version:           unspecified (using Devel) 
OS:                Linux

I had some troubles with the language setting for Konversation. (But it is the same in many other applications.)

I tried to switch the language manually via the Switch Application Language menu item. I've selected Chinese by mistake and restarted the application. Now I really don't know how to correct my mistake to switch to any of the languages that I can read, because I can't read Chinese and all those language names are in Chinese ...

What would be better is to leave all those language names untranslated in this list, I guess virtually everyone knows the English name of own language to be able to select it.

What would be best is to show the native name for each language.

Reproducible: Always
Comment 1 Christoph Feck 2010-07-22 15:07:42 UTC
It should even be possible to translate each entry to its own language. I think the all_languages file provides those translations, without the need to install any translation files.
Comment 2 Albert Astals Cid 2010-07-22 21:59:27 UTC
Putting things untranslated is not an option, Christoph's suggestion would be ok for me, but don't expect me to put much work into it.
Comment 3 kavol 2010-07-23 09:12:16 UTC
(In reply to comment #1)
> It should even be possible to translate each entry to its own language.

that's what I have meant by "native name"

(In reply to comment #2)
> Putting things untranslated is not an option,

IMHO still better option than using translation which the user cannot even read ...

> Christoph's suggestion would be
> ok for me, but don't expect me to put much work into it.

I'm not a developer, I don't know what it takes to read entries from the all_languages file, however I'd expect this problem to be fixed, some day, eventually :-)
Comment 4 Alvise 2010-09-16 12:40:27 UTC
Is bug 240308 related to this one?
Comment 5 kavol 2010-09-16 13:56:43 UTC
(In reply to comment #4)
> Is bug 240308 related to this one?

I don't think so
Comment 6 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-11-05 03:16:11 UTC
Dear Bug Submitter,

This bug has been stagnant for a long time. Could you help us out and re-test if the bug is valid in the latest version? I am setting the status to NEEDSINFO pending your response, please change the Status back to REPORTED when you respond.

Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!
Comment 7 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-11-17 04:57:26 UTC
Dear Bug Submitter,

This is a reminder that this bug has been stagnant for a long time. Could you help us out and re-test if the bug is valid in the latest version? This bug will be moved back to REPORTED Status for manual review later, which may take a while. If you are able to, please lend us a hand.

Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!
Comment 8 Justin Zobel 2022-12-15 05:49:09 UTC
Thank you for reporting this issue in KDE software. As it has been a while since this issue was reported, can we please ask you to see if you can reproduce the issue with a recent software version?

If you can reproduce the issue, please change the status to "REPORTED" when replying. Thank you!
Comment 9 Bug Janitor Service 2022-12-30 05:22:53 UTC
Dear Bug Submitter,

This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least
15 days. Please provide the requested information as soon as
possible and set the bug status as REPORTED. Due to regular bug
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Comment 10 Bug Janitor Service 2023-01-14 05:11:59 UTC
This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least
30 days. The bug is now closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
due to lack of needed information.

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