Inconsistent translations for workbench names

[freecad]

Inconsistent translations for workbench names

[chennes]

I'm going to bring this issue back up to see if we have achieved a sort of consensus here: my read of the situation is that

1. All workbench names in user-visible parts of the interface should be translatable
2. For each language, the translation team decides whether or not to actually translate the name, possibly on a workbench-by-workbench basis.

So the remaining work to do on this ticket is for developers to ensure that we are meeting point 1, and for translators to document whether or not they are translating the WB names in point 2. Does that seem correct?

[luzpaz]

CC @kaktusus @Kuzma30

[kaktusus]

The initial assumptions are good.

Keep in mind that the topic may be considered individually by different nationalities.

Creating a generic mechanism to translate workbench names as well will never be a bad or wrong solution.
The users (translators) will get a well-functioning mechanism to use.
Everyone can translate a name according to "his or her liking" (or rather the user community of a given country).

This is important to remember.

The Polish translation team has decided that these names will also be translated into Polish.

However, I still come across users who do not like it, and prefer to switch to the English version. And no one will forbid them this. Mostly, these people are familiar with programming and have some habits they may not be aware of.

It has to be said that until some time FreeCAD could not enjoy a well and fully prepared interface in Polish language. I'm happy to say that this has changed.

There is still a lot of work ahead of the team of translators as a lot of attention will have to be paid to perfecting the translations. But there are already many users satisfied with the result.

I think that giving the users (translators) a good tool in the form of the possibility to translate the names of the workbenches is necessary. However, one should not consider and look for a mistake in the way it will be used.

It is the responsibility of the translation teams to decide whether and how selected GUI elements will be translated.

But they must have the right tools and capabilities to do so.

[kaktusus]

I strongly support this thesis.
Let each nation decide whether to translate these strings or not and how they should look in the finished GUI.

[kaktusus]

Some teams of translators have written down rules about this issue.
You can read about them here: https://wiki.freecad.org/WikiPages#Other_languages

[chennes]

Where are we still missing translatable workbench name strings?

[kaktusus]

Without thinking, I can answer:
workbench selector

[kaktusus]

Preferences → Workbenches