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# Spanish translation style guide
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Use informal Spanish for translation:
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- Informal "you" (_tú_) instead of formal form _usted_. Many top software
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companies (e.g. Google) use the informal one, because it's much more common in
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the daily language and avoids making translations look like they were written
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by machines.
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- Imperative, active, and continuous verbs, e.g. _manage streams_ -
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_gestionar canales_, not _gestión de canales_.
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- Not using reflexive _se_ e.g. _log out_ should be _salir_, not _salirse_,
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whenever the infinitive form is possible without making the translation
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awkward.
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- Warm and friendly phrasing whenever appropriate.
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- No slang or regional phrases that could be unclear or too informal.
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- Balance common verbs and nouns with specific IT-related translations
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of English terms - this can be tricky, try to check how other
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resources were translated (e.g. Gmail, Microsoft websites, Facebook)
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to decide what wouldn't sound awkward / rude in Spanish.
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- Latest RAE rule ("solo" should
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[**never**](https://www.rae.es/consultas/el-adverbio-solo-y-los-pronombres-demostrativos-sin-tilde)
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have accent, even when it can be replaced with "solamente").
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Some terms are very tricky to translate, so be sure to communicate
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with other Spanish speakers in the community. It's all about making
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Zulip friendly and usable.
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## Términos
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- Message - **Mensaje**
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- Private message (PM) - **Mensaje privado (MP)**
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- Group PM - **mensaje privado grupal**: even though "MP grupal" is the most
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precise translation, preferably don't use that one. Many users may not
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associate "MP" with _private message_ in a group context. Better use it
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without abbreviations.
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- Stream - **Canal**: the use of the literal Spanish word for stream
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"Flujo" is very confusing and not the correct metaphor for Spanish
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speaking people. The correct term would be "canal" (_channel_).
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- Topic - **Tema**
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- Private/invite-only stream - **Canal privado/limitado por invitación**: (lit.
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_channel limited by invitation_)
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- Public stream - **Canal público**
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- Bot - **Bot**
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- Embedded bot - **Bot integrado**
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- Interactive bot - **Bot interactivo**
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- Integration - **Integración**
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- Notification - **Notificación**
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- Alert word - **Alerta**: this is only _alert_. Nonetheless, adding _word_ may
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make the term confusing (something like _danger!_ could be a "palabra de
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alerta" as well). Google Alerts uses "alerta" in its Spanish translation.
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- View - **Vista**
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- Filter - **Filtro**: as used with narrowing (see below).
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- Home - **Inicio**: we never use the term "Hogar" (literally home) in Spanish.
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- Emoji - **Emoticono** (plural: **emoticonos**)
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- Slash command - **/comando**
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- Webhook - **Webhook**
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- Endpoint - **Endpoint**
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## Frases
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- Subscribe/Unsubscribe to a stream - **Suscribir a/Desuscribir de un canal**
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- Narrow to - **Filtrar solo**: this is _filter only_, because there's no other
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word that's common enough in Spanish for _to narrow_ except for "filtrar".
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- Mute/Unmute - **Silenciar/No silenciar**
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- Deactivate/Reactivate - **Desactivar/Reactivar**
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- Search - **Buscar**
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- Pin - **Fijar** (lit. _to fixate_)
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- Mention/@mention - **Mencionar/@mención**
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- Invalid - **Inválido**
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- Customization - **Personalización**
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- I want - **Yo quiero**
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- User - **Usuario**
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- Person/People - **Persona/Personas**: "personas" is the correct plural for
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"person", but when talking of _people_ referring to it as a crowd, we use
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"gente" instead.
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## Otros
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- You - **Tú**: also "vosotros" if it's in plural.
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- We - **Nosotros**
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- Message table - **Tablón de mensajes**
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- Enter/Intro - **Enter/Intro**
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