Translate my View-menu?

[Egbert Zijlema]

For an international proggie I need a View-menu in the following languages: German, French, Italian, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Swedish. It's about the following words: view, bus, clouds, sky, none. Also: what is the edit menu called in those languages? Who is willing to share his knowledge? Thank you so much.

[Marco Pontello]

Italian:

view = vista
bus = bus
clouds = nuvole
sky = cielo
none = nessuno

edit = modifica

Bye!

[Fred Buffington]

Egbert, try this

http://world.altavista.com/tr

Translate words/phrases from/to many languages.
Words generally better than phrases as to results.

[Egbert Zijlema]

Thanks, Marco!
Thanks Fred. Found most of it there. Only need Swedish and Catalan now.

[Knuth Konrad]

German

Menu "View":

The well known main menu entry ist typically called &Ansicht

- "view" (if thats a separate menu entry under "View") is either translated as "Ansicht" (as above) or "Aussicht", depending on the meaning. "A great view of the landscape" = "Eine gute Aussicht auf die Landschaft"

- "bus" is simple: "Bus"

- "clouds": "Wolken"

- "sky": "Himmel"

- "none": "Nichts"

"Edit" as a menu entry is translated as "&Bearbeiten"

[José Roca]

Spanish

View = Ver
Bus = Autobús
Clouds = Nubes
Sky = Cielo
None = Ninguno
Edit = Editar


Catalan

View = Visionar
Bus = Autobús
Clouds = Núvols
Sky = Cel
None = Cap
Edit = Editar

[Fred Buffington]

Egbert, I once translated one of my html files from english to spanish. I found a place on the internet that did it for me. I know a little spanish but not enough. I don't know if it has the languages you need and im sorry i dont remember the link but im sure you could search for it.

[Eddy Larsson]

Swedish

view = visa (as a menu entry )
view = vy
bus = buss (vehicle ?)
bus(mischief?) = bus

clouds = moln
sky = himmel
none = ingen
edit = redigera

[Cliff Nichols]

Babelfish from AltaVista
Does a pretty good job translating languages (although you may still have grammer problem between languages, but maybe not in this case)

[Arthur Gomide]

Portuguese (Brasilian)

view - ver
bus - ônibus
clouds - nuvens
sky - céu
none - nenhum

Edit - Editar

[Egbert Zijlema]

Thanks, guys!

To all you guys, who cooperated: thanks, thanks, thanks! I love this community.

[Egbert Zijlema]

Not simply a matter of translation

I found a place on the internet that did it for me. I know a little spanish but not enough. I don't know if it has the languages you need and im sorry i dont remember the link but im sure you could search for it.

No problem, Fred. One thing: it is not only a matter of simple translation. It's also how names of menus and options are set in localized versions of Windows. That might be wrong. For instance, in the Dutch version the "Help"-menu is wrong. Should be "Hulp". In English noun and verb use the same word, so Microsoft translated it "the English way".

[Michael Mattias]

> view, bus, clouds, sky,

I'm still trying to imagine what kind of application uses these words in combination.

Maybe a tourism promotion from the Local Chamber of Commerce from some place known for nice weather?

[Egbert Zijlema]

Existing app.

Nothing special, Michael.
A long existing app. After so many years I just want the users give the opportunity to (dynamically) change the background, using bitmaps saved in the app.'s directory. To begin with, two bitmaps of mine will be included in the setup file: a sky (or clouds; I still am not sure how to call this background) and an omnibus.

[Rodney Hicks]

a sky (or clouds; I still am not sure how to call this background

Coin a new word:
skyscape
(It's not in my dictionaries anyway.)
Used as in landscape or seascape.
Rod

[Michael Mattias]

>and an omnibus

English: "bus" (noun) does not equal "ominbus" (adjective).

[Dave Biggs]

English: "bus" (noun) does not equal "ominbus" (adjective).

??
Quick definitions (omnibus)
noun: a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport
noun: an anthology of articles on a related subject or an anthology of the works of a single author
Click to learn word origin

[Knuth Konrad]

Dave, I guess that's perhaps a AE vs. BE thing like elevator/lift or truck/lorry.

[Michael Mattias]

My bad.

I have never seen 'omnibus' used as a noun before.

My Oxford American dictionary goes even a step beyond that..

om-ni-bus...n 1. A bus. 2 A volume containing a number of books or stories. .adj. serving several objects at once, comprising several items.

You learn something every day.

MCM

[Egbert Zijlema]

omnibus as book

I guess that in The Netherlands a bus (as a means of transport for a number of people) originally was called omnibus as well. But since I can remember we use bus (also but very rarely autobus is heard). Omnibus is only used for a book (volume) containing more than 1 book title, but as far as I know only the book sellers use it in their advertisements. Ordinary people simply call it a book ("boek" in Dutch), I think.