Segments mismatch (date, posts) in WordPress.com FR-CA translation

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  airodyssey · Member · Jun 8, 2014 at 2:45 am

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  A few days ago, I noticed that WordPress.com in French (Canada) uses the wrong segments. Here are some examples:

  – On the list of all posts, or all pages, the column “Date” has been replaced with “petit(e)-ami(e)”, which litterally means “boyfriend or girlfriend”. This is inappropriate.

  I suppose that the system is retrieving not the French equivalent for “Date” (uppercase D), but the French equivalent for “date” (lowercase d), which is a completely different context. (Links > Add Link > Romantic > crush, sweetheart, date…)

  I don’t want to replace “petit(e)-ami(e)” with “Date”. It would fix the problem in the list of all posts or all pages, but it would create a new problem under Links > Add link.

  – Another example that is not so bad but still annoying: on the dashboard, on the left, “articles” starts with a lowercase letter, when it should start with an uppercase A like all the other dashboard sections. It looks like WordPress.com is retrieving an unrelated segment in which “posts” (in lowercase) is rendered as “articles” also in lowercase.

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  lilmaouz · Member · Jun 8, 2014 at 2:44 pm

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  Hello, Sergio (How do you do ;)

  The “professionals” (again) validated the wrong translation onto gp fr france too (just saying ;)

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  lilmaouz · Member · Jun 9, 2014 at 6:34 am

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  oops ^^ yeah, my bad!, it’s lower-case and blogroll related, sorry!

  Romantic
  What are your feelings toward the owner of the site? Check all that apply.
  Muse
  Crush
  Date
  Sweetheart

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  raincoaster · Member · Jun 9, 2014 at 6:43 am

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  That is hilarious!

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  lilmaouz · Member · Jun 9, 2014 at 7:02 am

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  Hello, Raincoster :)
  Here you can see the google cache of it, although it’s with an uppercase D (I guess it’s a lowercase d in glotpress)

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  naokomc · Member · Jun 16, 2014 at 6:29 am

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  Hi Sergio.

  – On the list of all posts, or all pages, the column “Date” has been replaced with “petit(e)-ami(e)”, which litterally means “boyfriend or girlfriend”. This is inappropriate.

  I found a “date” string here (has been translated since 2010):
  http://translate.wordpress.com/projects/wpcom/fr-ca/default?filters%5Bstatus%5D=either&filters%5Boriginal_id%5D=1441&filters%5Btranslation_id%5D=978042

  Which has this comment “translators: xfn: http://gmpg.org/xfn/” so it’s ok to translate this one within the context of relationship.
  I can’t find any “Date” string though: http://translate.wordpress.com/projects/wpcom/fr-ca/default?filters%5Bterm%5D=date&filters%5Buser_login%5D&filters%5Bstatus%5D=current&filters%5Bpriority%5D%5B0%5D=1&filters%5Bpriority%5D%5B1%5D=0&sort%5Bby%5D=original&sort%5Bhow%5D=asc&sorts=Sort&page=6

  I noticed the issue with “Posts” on the sidebar too.
  I’m checking with our developer to see if something is going on with GlotPress or WordPress.com translation process that’s causing the issue. Thanks for reporting!

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  airodyssey · Member · Jun 16, 2014 at 1:56 pm

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  @naokomc : I think the issue with “Posts” and the issue with “Date” come from the same problem overall. WordPress.com is picking up the wrong segment from GlotPress. In other words: I think the segment themselves are not the problem.

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  walterpascoli · Member · Jun 16, 2014 at 3:18 pm

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  merci , je cherchais également la réponse à cette question .

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  gillabruyere · Member · Jun 16, 2014 at 3:32 pm

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  Merci bien airodyssey … Ce n’est pas tellement que je sois farouchement contre les petites-amies ou les petits-amis de mes copines ! Mais le jour où le blogue devient coopératif et professionnel, ce serait qu’il affiche “date” … pour éviter les malentendus et les mauvaises blagues.

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  airodyssey · Member · Jun 16, 2014 at 3:42 pm

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  Everyone: even if this topic is about the French version of WP.com, let’s not forget we’re on the English forum, so it’s best to keep the discussion in English. Also, it makes it easier for WordPress.com staff to understand.

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  naokomc · Member · Jun 25, 2014 at 5:43 am

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  Hi all,

  This was caused by a recent change in GlotPress structure.
  Both the “Date” on post list page and “Posts” on the sidebar are fixed now.

  Thanks for reporting the problem!

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  airodyssey · Member · Jun 25, 2014 at 10:45 am

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  @naokomc: Thank you!