French translation error

Ethan Blanton eblanton at cs.ohiou.edu
Sat Nov 3 17:16:33 EDT 2007


Simon Marseille spake unto us the following wisdom:
> In pigdin bottom menu, where you can find your status, add a new one or save
> the current set, there is an error in the french translation.
> 
> "Sauvé" is past tense and should be "Sauver" (infinitive) instead. Moreover,
> we don't use "sauver" as a translation for "save" but instead use
> "Sauvegarder" (sauvegarder sous, sauvegarder l'état, etc.).
> 
> Please correct this field to "sauvegarder", as this is proper french for
> "save".

That string does not, and should not, say "Save", but rather "Saved".
The menu entry in question brings up the Saved Statuses dialog.  Does
this change anything?

Ethan

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