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

[Dmitry Shachnev]

Hi Andrej and Philip!

On Fri, Feb 26, 2021 at 04:59:54PM +0100, Andrej Shadura wrote:
> > 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.

Thank you both for your suggestions. I have just filed a bug upstream about
this [1], but after doing that I discovered an old closed issue about the
same thing, and the response was not very positive [2].

[1]: https://gitlab.gnome.org/Teams/Translation/en_GB/-/issues/9
[2]: https://gitlab.gnome.org/Teams/Translation/en_GB/-/issues/3#note_582937

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Dmitry Shachnev
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