Knowledge Base Label Translations

==New Labels added April 21, 2011==
English	French 	German 	Spanish 	Portuguese
Search 	Rechercher	Suchen From the way this label is used it seems that "Search" is a noun. The gramatically correct translation then would be "Suche". Torben 13:07, 3 May 2011 (PDT)	Buscar It's better "Búsqueda", noun, not verb. (discussed and approved at this Google Doc).	Busca
==New Labels added April, 2011==
English 	French 	German 	Spanish 	Portuguese
Customer Support 	Assistance client 	Support 	Soporte al cliente It's better "Atención al cliente" (discussed and approved at this Google Doc). 	Suporte
Community Platform	Plate-forme communautaire	Community-Plattform	Plataforma comunitaria It's better "Plataformas comunitarias" (discussed and approved at this Google Doc).	Espaço da comunidade
== Original KB Labels ==
===German===
English 	German 	Suggested Translation	Comments
Abuse and Griefing 	Missbrauch und Griefing	 	I don't know how widely the SL-ism/Internet-ism "griefing" is known in German. AFAIK, it's not even an anglicism. "to grief" (other than "to grieve") isn't a proper English verb, is it? --Boroondas Gupte This is a tough one... I believe "Griefing" comes from Grief Player (short: Griefer). Do you have any alternative suggestions? How about translating it as "Abuse and Harassment" (Missbrauch und Belästigung)? Torben
Account 	Konto 	Benutzerkonto 	... assuming "Account" is about the user account. "Konto" alone and without context usually means "bank account", so "Benutzerkonto" will be less ambiguous. --Boroondas Gupte "Account" is used more broadly in KB articles and viewer strings. In the glossary "account" is translated as "Konto" because there´s terms like "account summary" and "account history" Torben
Avatar 	Avatar 	 	Can stay as-is, it's Sanskrit anyway. :-P --Boroondas Gupte
Getting Started 	Anfänger 	 	"Anfänger", although technically a neutral term, might be perceived as dismissive by some. --Boroondas Gupte
Torben suggests using "Erste Schritte" instead.
Billing 	Zahlung/Rechnung 	Abrechnung 	"Zahlung/Rechnung" is fine, too. --Boroondas Gupte
Buying and Selling 	Kauf und Verkauf 	Handel 	"Kauf und Verkauf" might be better, depending on the scope of the label. --Boroondas Gupte
Content Creation 	Inhaltserstellung 	Inhalte erstellen 	Just because German allows you to join arbitrary nouns doesn't mean you should do so. --Boroondas Gupte So true! Torben
Communication 	Kommunikation 	 	
Controls 	Steuerungen 	Steuerung 	In German, plural is rather strange for this. --Boroondas Gupte
Groups 	Gruppen 	 	
Inventory 	Inventar 	 	
Land 	Land 	 	
Linden dollars (L$)	Linden dollars (L$) 	Linden Dollar (L$) 	"Dollar" is a noun, thus must be capitalized in German. The German word "Dollar" has two plurals, "Dollar" and "Dollars". When speaking about prices or generally amounts of money, the first one (without 's') is used. The second plural form is only used to refer to physical money (several coins or bills). Though, with "Dollar" being a foreign word, even native speakers of German might disagree on this. --Boroondas Gupte
This is a funny catch as the style guide asks for the term "Linden Dollars" to be capitalized ;) The "Gesellschaft für deutsche Sprache" permits adding the suffix s to indicate plural for currencies. So Euro/Euros and Dollar/Dollars would be correct. There is indeed a contrary discussion about use cases. Traditionally we had currencies that didn´t allow suffixes (Taler/Mark). Anyway, Linden Dollar (L$) sounds good for german... -- Torben 15:17, 21 April 2011 (PDT)
I just corrected the Style Guide. The correct capitalization is "Linden dollar." The word "dollar" is not capitalized in English. German is of course another story :-). --Rand Linden 12:51, 12 May 2011 (PDT)
Maturity 	Alterseinstufung 	 	"Altersbeschränkung" (age restriction) or "Jugendschutz" (protection of minors) are common terms but might have legal implications. --Boroondas Gupte This is a term from the glossary too. It does seem to be deprecated though. Might need some brainstorming. Torben
Navigation 	Navigation 	 	
Reference 	Referenz 	 	Not really sure what this category is supposed to refer (sic!) to. Glossaries etc.? --Boroondas Gupte
Rand, we need some help here... This label so makes no sense until you enlighten us :) Torben
Rand's explanation in this thread of the Private Forum.
:I've started a new forum thread to discuss the German translation of this specific label.--Boroondas Gupte
Social 	Soziale Medien 	Soziales 	"Soziale Medien" is usually only used as translation for the English "Social Media", thus only referring to modern stuff (mostly "Web 2.0"), not media which are or can be used socially in general. The nominalization "Soziales" ("Social stuff") is a bit of a cheap resort, but I can't think of a better term right now. --Boroondas Gupte "Soziale Medien" is plain wrong. Noting "Soziale Interaktion" as discussion item. Torben
===French===
English 	French
Abuse and Griefing 	Infractions et comportements visant à semer le trouble
Account 	Compte
Avatar 	Avatar
Getting Started 	Premiers pas
Billing 	Facturation/paiement
Buying and Selling 	Achats et ventes
Content Creation 	Création de contenu
Communication 	Communication
Controls 	Contrôles
Groups 	Groupes
Inventory 	Inventaire
Land 	Terrains
Linden dollars (L$)	Linden dollars (L$)
Maturity 	Catégories de contenu
Navigation 	Navigation
Reference 	Référence
Social 	Social
===Spanish (finished May 24, 2011)===
English 	Spanish 	We think... 	Comments
Abuse and Griefing 	Infracciones y comportamiento indebido	It is better "Infracciones" 	Discussed and approved at this Google Doc).
Account 	Cuenta 	OK, "Cuenta". 	Discussed and approved at this Google Doc).
Avatar 	Avatar 	OK, "Avatar". 	Discussed and approved at this Google Doc).
Getting Started 	Principiante 	It`'s better "Primeros pasos" 	Discussed and approved at this Google Doc).
Billing 	Facturación 	OK, "Facturación". 	Discussed and approved at this Google Doc).
Buying and Selling 	Compra y venta 	OK, "Compra y venta". 	Discussed and approved at this Google Doc).
Content Creation 	Creación de contenido 	It's better "Creación de contenidos".	Discussed and approved at this Google Doc).
Communication 	Comunicación 	It's better "Intercomunicación". 	Discussed and approved at this Google Doc).
Controls 	Controles 	OK, "Controles". 	Discussed and approved at this Google Doc).
Groups 	Grupos 	OK, "Grupos". 	Discussed and approved at this Google Doc).
Inventory 	Inventario 	OK, "Inventario". 	Discussed and approved at this Google Doc).
Land 	Terreno 	It is better "Terrenos". 	Discussed and approved at this Google Doc).
Linden dollars (L$)	Dólares Linden (L$) 	OK, "Dólares Linden". 	Discussed and approved at this Google Doc).
Maturity 	Calificación 	OK, "Calificación". 	Discussed and approved at this Google Doc).
Navigation 	Navegación 	It's better "Moverse por el mundo". 	Discussed and approved at this Google Doc).
Reference 	Referencia 	It's better "Otras referencias". 	Discussed and approved at this Google Doc).
Social 	Social 	It's better "Interrelaciones". 	Discussed and approved at this Google Doc).
===Portuguese===
English 	Portuguese
Abuse and Griefing 	Abuso e griefing
Account 	Conta
Avatar 	Avatar
Getting Started 	Primeiros passos
Billing 	Pagamento de contas
Buying and Selling 	Compras e vendas
Content Creation 	Criação de conteúdo
Communication 	Comunicação
Controls 	Controles
Groups 	Grupos
Inventory 	Inventário
Land 	Terrenos
Linden dollars (L$)	Dólares Linden (L$)
Maturity 	Maturidade
Navigation 	Navegação
Reference 	Referência
Social 	Social
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