[wp-polyglots] Continents and cities for translation

[bangaliana]

>
> 4. Names that have been changed:
> Should be displayed as "New Name (Old Name)" or new name only.
>
.....
>
* Dacca --> Dhaka (also a duplicate string "Dhaka" exists)
>


New name only (Dhaka).



Omaar Osmaan



On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 4:09 AM, Naoko McCracken <info at nao-net.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I was going through translation and found some questions etc.
>
> First, I noticed Argentina, Indiana and Kentucky are the only areas
> country/state name precede cities.
> Shouldn't all cities shown like that?
>
> For all below, I verified correct names based on Wikipedia. Let me
> know if there is anything I missed.
>
> 1-3: Duplicates, typos and Abbreviation - need to be confirmed.
> 4. Old names - do we want to display just new name or new/old names?
> 5. Clarification needed: any Aussie who can help?
>
> 1. Duplicates:
> * Chongqing and Chungking --> Chongqing
> * Macao and Macau --> Macau
> * Ashkhabad and Ashgabat --> Ashgabat
> * Thimbu and Thimphu --> Thimphu
> * Ulaanbaatar and Ulan Bator --> Ulan Bator
> * Knox IN --> same as "Knox"?
>
> 2. Typos:
> * DumontDUrville --> Dumont d'Urville
> * ComodRivadavia --> Comodoro Rivadavia
>
> 3. Abbreviation that should be spelled out:
> LHI --> Lord Howe Island
> NSW --> New South Wales
> ACT --> Australian Capital Territory (ACT)
>
> 4. Names that have been changed:
> Should be displayed as "New Name (Old Name)" or new name only.
> * Ujung Pandang --> Kota Makassar
> * Rangoon --> Yangon
> * Godthab --> Nuuk
> * Ponape --> Pohnpei
> * Saigon --> Ho Chi Minh City (also a duplicate string "Ho Chi Minh"
> exists)
> * Dacca --> Dhaka (also a duplicate string "Dhaka" exists)
>
> 5. Needs clarification:
> * Australian time zone [0] consists of eastern (UTC+10), central
> (UTC+9:30) and western (UTC+8) - there's also central western? West,
> North, South under "Australia" don't match this system.
> * UCT under "Etc" --> Is there such a time zone or abbreviation?
>
> [0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_time_zone
>
> Naoko
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