Need a clarification meaning of "Files"

[Jung-Kyu Park]

It may confuse for translators to translate "Files"

Might be meaning of

1) Pantheon-Files ?
2) Plural of File ?

[Zisu Andrei (matzipan)]

Meaning is plural of file.

[Zisu Andrei (matzipan)]

Why is this confirmed?

It's not a bug, and I've transformed it into a question :P https://answers.launchpad.net/pantheon-files/+question/295691

[Zisu Andrei (matzipan)]

Ah, saw your post on the question, quoted below for the sake of keeping it in one thread:

Sorry to disagree, but the only place "Files" appears as a translatable string in the code (in DesktopLauncher.vala) it is referring to the name/function of the program rather than the plural of the generic word "file". The difference is subtle but could make a difference in other languages.

Other filemanagers use the same app name, which can cause problems if more than one filemanager is installed.

As far as I can tell, where there is a translatable string referring to an actual file or files then there is no capital letter. It would perhaps be a good idea to insert a note to translators when the app name is being referred to.

[quequotion (quequotion)]

I think it's a Catch 22. The program used to have an ordinary name, Marlin, but was rebranded with a name that should make the purpose of the program clear. Other desktops are doing the same thing, but by changing the name of the shortcuts (GNOME) rather than the names of the applications.

For DEs that keep the original program name, but change the shortcut name, this can lead to confusion for older users looking for the program name they are familiar with or new users who need to find a program by its original name for whatever reason.

By completely rebranding the program as "Files" we now have a problem for transators: transliterate the name (so it will /sound/ like "Files" in their language) or translate the name (so it will mean the same thing in their language as it does in English).

[Danielle Foré (danrabbit)]

For non-brand names (like Files), it should be translated fully and not just phonetically.