If you must change the English version of a text string in Tiki, but are not changing the meaning and so the translations are still valid, please use mass spelling correction or add to the list below. If you can't use that, just add exact string to pending text corrections
A workaround is to use lang/en/language.php
Current string | Corrected string | Reason for change | Status/Notes |
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Public users not logged | Public users not logged in | Current meaning isn't correct | This string is in the database, not language files. |
Cannot upload this file - maximum upload size exceeded | This file is too large and cannot be uploaded. To increase the maximum allowed size, edit your php.ini file. | Use simplier language to explain the problem. Tell user how to correct the problem. | |
Cannot write to this file | Cannot write to this file. Check the file permissions and confirm that it is writeable. | Tell user how to correct the problem. | |
You have mistyped the anti-bot verification code; please try again | You have mistyped the code. Please try again | Use simplier language to explain the problem. Two complete sentences | |
A contribution is mandatory | You must enter a contribution | Use active tense. | |
You have to enter a title and text | You must enter a title and text | Make consistent: "You must enter..." | |
Your message has been queued for approval and will be posted after a moderator approves it | You message has been submitted and is awaiting approval by the moderator. | Use simplier language. | |
This forum is locked | Forum is locked | Remove article - not necessary. | |
This thread is locked | Thread is locked | Remove article - not necessary. | |
Those comments are locked | Comments are locked | Remove article - not necessary. | |
prev | previous | No need to abbreviate. | |
Cannot open this file | Cannot open file | Remove article - not necessary. | |
Description not available | No description available. | Make statements positive | |
Show only the content | Show content only | Incorrect modifier location | |
opensource | open source | it's two words | please check for Caps (OpenSource -> Open Source |
Use categories to regroup various Tiki objects | Use categories to regroup various objects | End users should never see "Tiki", only admins | If possible, get rid of Tiki in translation "Utilisez les catégories pour regrouper différents objets Tiki" -> "Utilisez les catégories pour regrouper différents objets" — Not found in source (only in translations) |
Tiki User Account Activated | User Account Activated | ||
Tiki User Registration Request | User Registration Request | ||
Tiki email notification | Email notification | ||
Your Tiki account information for %s" | Your account information for %s" | |||
If the page does not exist, Tiki will create it | If the page does not exist, it will be created | ||
My Articles | My articles | Consistency: all other items on page use lowercase. | |
Note author when reading his mail | Notify sender that message was received | Better consistency with mail app wording. | |
Tikiwiki Mods | TikiWiki Mods | Correct name. | |
Tikiwiki Mods Configuration | TikiWiki Mods Configuration | Correct name. | |
Create a new Tikiwiki account from OpenID | Create a new TikiWiki account from OpenID | Correct name. | |
Associate OpenID with an existing Tikiwiki account | Associate OpenID with an existing TikiWiki account | Correct name. | |
Lists wanted Wiki pages: | Lists wanted wiki pages: | Consistency: lower case is normally used for 'wiki pages'. | |
Remove images in the system gallery not being used in Wiki pages, articles or blog posts | Remove images in the system gallery not being used in wiki pages, articles or blog posts | Consistency: lower case is normally used. | |
Select a Wiki page to link to | Select a wiki page to link to | Consistency: lower case is normally used. | |
Most visited blogs | Most-visited blogs | Hyphen needed (otherwise, "most" and "visited" are separate modifiers). | |
Most active blogs | Most-active blogs | Hyphen is needed. | |
Forums most visited forums | Most-visited forums | Hyphen needed; redundacy eliminated. | |
Most relevant pages | Most-relevant pages | Hyphen needed. | |
Wiki last pages | Latest wiki pages | Better sequence and description. | |
Forums last topics | Latest forum topics | ditto | |
Forums last posts | Latest forum posts | ditto | |
Forums most read topics | Most-read forum topics | Hyphen needed; better sequence. | |
Forums best topics | Highest-rated forum topics | ditto | |
Forums with most posts | Most-active forums | Correction is a little less precise, but its wording is not so awkward IMO.) | |
Most visited blogs | Most-visited blogs | Hyphen needed. | |
Most active blogs | Most-active blogs | Hyphen needed. | |
Blogs last posts | Latest blog posts | Better sequence. | |
Wiki top authors | Top wiki authors | ditto | |
Wiki Comment | Wiki comment | Consistency with other items | |
Topics expression | Not sure yet. | ||
Topic ID expression | ditto | ||
The ID of the category to list from | |||
Pipe separated list of pages to be excluded from the listing. ex: HomePage!Sandbox | Pipe-separated list of pages to be excluded from the listing. ex: HomePage!Sandbox | Hyphen needed. | (The original string has pipe characters instead of exclamation marks but they break this wiki table even with ~np~ - should be changed before script is run). |
Display Tiki objects that have not been categorized | Display TikiWiki objects that have not been categorized | Correct name. | |
Displays the data using the Tikiwiki odd/even table style | Displays the data using the TikiWiki odd/even table style | Case correction. | |
Module name as known in Tikiwiki | Module name as known in TikiWiki | Correct case in name. | |
Translate a string using Tikiwiki translation table | Translate a string using TikiWiki translation table | Correct case in name. | |
Use File Galleries to store pictures . | Use File Galleries to store wiki page images. | clearer | |
Public users not logged | Public users not logged in | Wrong verb | Can't find now. |
When viewing a page, if it doesn't exist automatically redirect to a similarly named page | If a requested page doesn't exist, redirect to a similarly named page | More logical and clear. | Can't find now. |
Public users not logged | Public users not logged in | correct verb | Can't find now. |
Message will be sent to | Message has be sent to | more logical | |
You should have received an email. Check your mailbox and your spam box.Otherwise click on the button to resend the email | You should have received an email. Check your mailbox and your spam box. Otherwise, click on the button to resend the email. | punctuation | |
You must specify a page name, it will be created if it doesn't exist. | You must specify a page name. The page will be created if it doesn't exist. | Run-on sentence; confusing pronoun antecedent |
Also, all the uses of the word "stuff" should be changed to something more formal, like "information".
Follow-ups to earlier discussion:
- "MyTiki" was replaced by "My Account" for Tiki 14.
- Still pending: Probably "url" should be "url" consistently, except where there's a good reason not to.
- Should we change all uses of picture to image?
- I think there are subtle differences in meaning that may justify using both terms, depending on the context. "Picture" is better for expressions like "profile picture" (this used to be "avatar"), but "image" is better for general visual representations, like of a pie chart. (I'm not sure how to describe exactly the difference in use, but I think we can say there is a difference so using both terms is justified IMO.)
- attachement has been changed to "attachment'.
Current string | Corrected string | Reason for change | Status/Notes |
help text for pp, tc and toc/maketoc | see here | consistency and ease of use | Someone should deduce strings to translate from the previous hints. |
Quicktags | Toolbars | Compatibility | Changed in language files and php and tpl files in trunk for all capitalizations of quicktags, but not for sentences which include "quicktags" yet. (scripts are not that clever yet) |