Hi, I've been assisting with a translation of Therion into Simplified Chinese together with Zhang Yuanhai of the Institute of Karst Geology in Guilin. I've got a few questions about some of the text to translate, mostly relating to the context in which it will be used. In some cases I hope you'll just confirm what I already think, but I would like to be sure. Incidentally, I think that it would assist future translators of Therion if textx.txt and xtexts.txt contained comments to clarify the meaning in a few cases. I would be happy to add comments based on your replies to the questions below, if you just tell me what format they should be in. Thanks, Duncan. texts.txt There are a few texts which lack any translations, e.g. therion: point stalactites therion: point stalagmites therion: point pillars Are translations needed for these? xtexts.txt Some texts end with a period, e.g. therion: Therion command line options. therion: Run therion. therion: PDF file path. therion: Survey informations. and several others. What is the significance of this? therion: OK Please confirm that this 'OK' indicates normal completion, rather than inviting confirmation. therion: \nerror opening therion.log file\n What is '\n' ? Some translations have /n instead - is this a mistake or are they different? therion: Undo %s What is '%s' ? Is the space before it important? Some texts seem to be shorthand for something much longer, e.g. therion: Action button. en: After clicking this button, you can insert objects by mouse. Click on action to see menu. However, it is inconsistent whether translations into other languages are translations of the therion: text or the much longer en: text. Which is preferred? Many texts include a verb ending with -ing, e.g. therion: zooming therion: dragging image therion: moving command therion: creating endscrap therion: creating scrap therion: creating text therion: creating point therion: inserting scrap sketch therion: deleting scrap sketch therion: inserting image therion: removing image therion: moving image therion: deleting line point therion: inserting area border therion: deleting area border therion: creating area therion: creating line therion: inserting line point therion: moving control point therion: Opening %s ... therion: Saving %s ... therion: Processing line %s ... Do these appear in the status bar to indicate the an action currently taking place? therion: line closing therion: line opening therion: line ending These have a slightly different form - are they used differently from the other -ing texts? What is the difference between line closing and line ending? therion: To set file encoding, type encoding name and press <Change> button I can't find a corresponding text for the Change button. Which is it? therion: Save as therion: Import Should this text end with '...' ? Some translations do, some don't. Also, is there any reason for the different symbols used for '.' in different translations? therion: theme basic-symbols therion: theme passage-fills therion: theme speleothems therion: theme equipement How are these used?