# Preferred forms of words for KDE user-visible strings # Enter as: # Deprecated form/Preferred form[/Optional comment] # Enter one deprecated form for each possible conjugation of the word, # including plurals and capitalizations, since we might want to enforce a # particular capitalization (eg, for 'Internet') # Comments must be whole line, beginning with '#' # TODO: # Add '' -> '' corrections # NB: Page Up, Left/Right/Up/Down Arrow are correct # Ctrl -> &Ctrl; # 'login' vs 'log in' etc. # 'labeled' vs 'labelled'? (both are apparently acceptable # 'drag and drop' vs 'drag n drop' vs 'drag & drop' etc. # "it's" should almost never be used in documentation, so can probably check for it Addressbook/Address book addressbook/address book Addressbooks/Address books addressbooks/address books Anti alias/Anti-alias anti alias/anti-alias Anti aliases/Anti-aliases anti aliases/anti-aliases Anti aliasing/Anti-aliasing anti aliasing/anti-aliasing Antialias/Anti-alias antialias/anti-alias Antialiases/Anti-alias antialiases/anti-alias Antialiasing/Anti-aliasing antialiasing/anti-aliasing Can not/Cannot/Only use 'can not' for emphasis can not/cannot/Only use 'can not' for emphasis can't/cannot Can't/Cannot Checkbox/Check box checkbox/check box Checkboxes/Check boxes checkboxes/check boxes #Color Selector Dropdown list/Combo box dropdown list/combo box Drop-down list/Combo box drop-down list/combo box Drop down list/Combo box drop down list/combo box Dropdown box/Combo box dropdown box/combo box Drop-down box/Combo box drop-down box/combo box Drop down box/Combo box drop down box/combo box #Dialog Box Directories/Folders/Only use 'directory' for CLI directories/folders/Only use 'directory' for CLI Directory/Folder/Only use 'directory' for CLI directory/folder/Only use 'directory' for CLI Drop-down box/Drop down box drop-down boxes/Drop down boxes E-mail/Email e-mail/email E-mails/Emails e-mails/emails File size/Filesize file size/filesize File sizes/Filesizes file sizes/filesizes Filesystem/File system filesystem/file system Filesystems/File systems filesystems/file systems Fine tune/Fine-tune fine tune/fine-tune Fine tunes/Fine-tunes fine tunes/fine-tunes Formula-bar/Formula bar formula-bar/formula bar Formula-bars/Formula bars formula-bars/formula bars Formulabar/Formula bar formulabar/formula bar Formulabars/Formula bars formulabars/formula bars Gray scale/Grayscale gray scale/grayscale Gray scales/Grayscales gray scales/grayscales Gray scaled/Grayscaled gray scaled/grayscaled Harddisk/Hard disk harddisk/hard disk Harddisks/Hard disks harddisks/hard disks Highscore/High score highscore/high score Highscores/High scores highscores/high scores Hit a key/Press a key hit a key/press a key hz/Hz Icon List Infra-red/Infrared infra-red/infrared Infra-reds/Infrareds infra-reds/infrareds internet/Internet it'll/it will It'll/It will khz/kHz #List Box lower case/lowercase lower-case/lowercase Lower case/Lowercase Lower-case/Lowercase Menu bar/Menubar menu bar/menubar Menu bars/Menubars menu bars/menubars Menu-bar/Menubar menu-bar/menubar Menu-bars/Menubars menu-bars/menubars Mhz/MHz mhz/MHz/Unless you mean milliHertz... Ok/OK Ok/Ok Pop-up menu/Popup menu pop-up menu/popup menu Pop-up menus/Popup menus pop-up menus/popup menus Pre-set/Preset pre-set/preset Pre-sets/Presets pre-sets/presets #Progress Bar #Radio Button Re start/Restart re start/restart Re starts/Restarts re starts/restarts Re-start/Restart re-start/restart Re-starts/Restarts re-starts/restarts Real time/Real-time real time/real-time Realtime/Real-time realtime/real-time Screensaver/Screen saver screensaver/screen saver Screensavers/Screen savers screensavers/screen savers #Scroll Bar Scroll bar/Scrollbar scroll bar/scrollbar Scroll bars/Scrollbars scroll bars/scrollbars Scroll-bar/Scrollbar scroll-bar/scrollbar Scroll-bars/Scrollbars scroll-bars/scrollbars Sidebar/Navigation panel sidebar/navigation panel Sidebars/Navigation panels sidebars/navigation panels Keybinding/Shortcut keybinding/shortcut Keybindings/Shortcuts keybindings/shortcuts Key binding/Shortcut key binding/shortcut Key bindings/Shortcuts key bindings/shortcuts #Slider Spell check/Spellcheck spell check/spellcheck Spell checking/Spellchecking spell checking/spellchecking Spell checks/Spellchecks spell checks/spellchecks Spell-check/Spellcheck spell-check/spellcheck Spell-checking/Spellchecking spell-checking/spellchecking Spell-checks/Spellchecks spell-checks/spellchecks #Spin Box statusbar/status bar status-bar/status bar Statusbar/Status bar Status-bar/Status bar Sub process/Sub-process sub process/sub-process Sub processes/Sub-processes sub processes/sub-processes Subprocess/Sub-process subprocess/sub-process Subprocesses/Sub-processes subprocesses/sub-processes Taskmanager/Task manager taskmanager/task manager Taskmanagers/Task managers taskmanagers/task managers textbox/text box textboxes/text boxes text-box/text box text-boxes/text boxes title bar/titlebar title-bar/titlebar Title bar/Titlebar Title-bar/Titlebar To-do/Todo to-do/Todo To-dos/Todos to-dos/Todos Tool bar/Toolbar tool bar/toolbar Tool bars/Toolbars tool bars/toolbars Tool tip/Tooltip tool tip/tooltip Tool tips/Tooltips tool tips/tooltips Tool-bar/Toolbar tool-bar/toolbar Tool-bars/Toolbars tool-bars/toolbars Tool-tip/Tooltip tool-tip/tooltip Tool-tips/Tooltips tool-tips/tooltips tool bar/toolbar tool-bar/toolbar Tool bar/Toolbar Tool-bar/Toolbar tool bars/toolbars tool-bars/toolbars Tool bars/Toolbars Tool-bars/Toolbars treeview/tree view Treeview/Tree view TreeView/tree view treeviews/tree views Treeviews/Tree views TreeViews/tree views Upper case/Uppercase upper case/uppercase Upper-case/Uppercase upper-case/uppercase Webbrowser/Web browser webbrowser/web browser Webbrowsers/Web browsers webbrowsers/web browsers Webpage/Web page webpage/web page Webpages/Web pages webpages/web pages Webserver/Web server webserver/web server Webservers/Web servers webservers/web servers Whitespace/White space whitespace/white space Whitespaces/White spaces whitespaces/white spaces #Window Titlebar # Specials !/!/No spacing before punctuation ?/?/No spacing before punctuation , that/ that/Don't usually need comma before 'that' 'll/ will/Use contractions only in informal sections 'd/ had' or `would/Use contractions only in informal sections 've/ have/Use contractions only in informal sections I'm/I am i'm/I am they're/they are They're/They are #i.e./&ie;/Use the entity! #I.e./&ie;/Use the entity! #ie./&ie;/Use the entity! #e.g./⪚/Use the entity! #eg./⪚/Use the entity! #etc./&etc;/Use the entity! #etc/&etc;/Use the entity!