Post #1621375
2026-03-11 16:33 UTC
@jjj my point is that the same string "Close" is translated to Swedish in the imperative form and to Portuguese in the infinitive form. I'm curious how it's done in other languages.
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@jjj@functional.cafe 2026-03-11 17:45
@eltonfc Ok, I understand now, I think. The results of your polls are very interesting and surprising to me. I didn't know of this difference.
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@firefly@frogs.lgbt 2026-03-11 21:00
@eltonfc @jjj I'm a bit curious now, what form would you use for labels for push/pull on a door e.g? or if you had a physical switch with labels for open/close, or so (They'd all be imperative in swedish, and I think the UI commands/tooltips are sort of an extension of the same "kind" of label, so at least to me imperative also feels natural)