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Hello,

While translating the fr_CA files (via the web interface), I am sometimes not sure how to translate some terms, or sometimes I am not sure whether one term is always translated in the same way. I've often told myself that I will post on the forum when I have a larger list of words, but I keep forgetting, so I will post in this thread the words as I stumble onto their translation. It would be great if other fr_CA (or fr_FR) translators or users could give their advice:

- contribution: don ou contribution ? CiviDons ? (présentement je pense que le terme "contribution" est utilisé)
- locations (profils des contacts): comment traduire? ex: Delete this location. Add a new location. "Lieux", "Adresse"?
- grants: subvention ?
- Change Log: journal des modifications ?
- typographie: je n'insère pas d'espace insécables avant les ":", "?", etc. (c'est optionnel au Québec)

Would it be good to create a page on the wiki for these issues? How do people usually collaborate for this type of work?

Mathieu

Would it be good to create a page on the wiki for these issues? How do people usually collaborate for this type of work?

A wiki page makes sense, most probably some separate wiki space with pages for every translation. You can, of course, check how fr_FR handled a given string/term.

Wouldn't translate the name of the modules (eg. CiviEvent) should be the same in all the languages.

We believe so, yes – we think it makes sense to keep the original names even when using non-Latin scripts (like cyrillic or CJK scripts).