Bug#983542: gnome-session-flashback: Wastebaske/t icon - label is linewrapped

[Andrej Shadura]

Hi Phil and Dmitry,

On Fri, 26 Feb 2021 15:02:33 +0100 Philip Hands <phil at hands.com> wrote:
> Dmitry Shachnev <mitya57 at debian.org> writes:
> >> If rewording is deemed the right way to fix this, I would suggest
> >> "Recycling" as a reasonable alternative: It's shorter, so ought to fit; also
> >> it matches the icon, which includes the circular-arrow recycling symbol.

> > I am not a native speaker of en_GB. Do you think "Recycling" can be used in
> > all places where "Wastebasket" is used currently, and where "Trash" is used in
> > en_US? E.g. "Trashed On" → "Recycled On",

> In en_GB you could probably also use "Rubbish" as the alternative word,
> but that does not work in the US AFAIK.  Then again this is just for the
> en_GB translation, so that's probably fine.
> 
> Most "en_GB" speakers would probably say "Bin" as the nearest
> translation from US-ian "Trash", especially since both can be used as
> both a noun and a verb, but I think that "Bin" is probably too short for
> the label, and would look strange -- might be worth a try though.

What about Wastebin/Waste bin? I’m probably not very representative as
I’m not a native en_GB (or even just "en") speaker, but I don’t think
I’ve heard anyone saying waste basket, but I’ve definitely heard bin or
waste bin quite a lot.

-- 
Cheers,
  Andrej