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Re: Newbie question - GUI terminology

Subject: Re: Newbie question - GUI terminology
From: Dick Margulis <margulisd -at- comcast -dot- net>
To: "Combs, Richard" <richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2006 11:58:24 -0400

Combs, Richard wrote:

Nobody cares what the vertical bar between two panes of a window is called. Nobody cares whether they need to pick from a scroll list box, drop-down list box, or combo box. Your readers want to get something done, and lengthy descriptions of the minutia making up the interface only get in the way.
Tell them what they need to know to complete the task. "From the Tools menu, select Options. In the Options dialog box, click the Save tab. Clear the Allow Fast Saves check box and click OK."

All well and good (and I agree completely); but I believe the question was asked in the context of translating existing text. So the decision whether or not to name something has already been made and is outside the scope of the translator's portfolio.

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