Strings internationalization : french

[arofarn]

I started to worked on the french translation.

Any help is welcome !

[dglaude]

I would like to help... but actually since I learned IT in English it is very hard to find the proper french word. I am more of a "franglais" when talking about computer things in French. :-(

I quick and dirty tried to find words frequency to see if there were computer terminology that was "difficult" and translator should agree on. They need to share the same translation for the same word for consistency.

So here is what I can share (can be useful for all languages) and to be discussed for french:

argument(s) 22+17 paramètre(s)
objet(s) 27+1 object
must 47 doit
invalid 21 invalide
format 21 format
type 17 type
function 16 fonction
[un]supported 9+14 [non-]supporté
length 12 longueur
bytes 12 octets
[out of] range 12 [hors des valeurs valides]
buffer 11 ???tampon
keyword 10 mot-clef
convert 10 convertir
file 10 fichier
requires 9 nécessite
string 9 chaine de caractère
value 9 valeur

[conversion|format] specifier 8 ???

clock 7 horloge

pins 4 pinoche(???)

[dglaude]

See #1116

[arofarn]

I just submitted a PR : #1116

About some of the words:
arguments => "arguments" or "paramètres" both exist in french
must => "doit" or "nécessite"
bytes => "octets" only if it means the unit (not the type)
out of range => "hors gamme"
keyword => "mot-clef" but keyword-parameter => "paramètre nommé"
pin => I hesitated between "Entrée/sortie", "broche" and just "pin". I finally choose "broche"

For some translations, I looked the french terms in the book "Python 3 Les fondamenteux du langage 2e éd.".

[dhalbert]

"broche" seems typical, see for instance: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmel_AVR

[arofarn]

#1116