Using negative language invokes negative reactions, while positive language does the opposite. One place I've found such negative language that could easily be replaced is on translate/projects where the progress bars say "X% untranslated". This should be easy to change to "(100-X)% translated".

I'm not (yet) aware of other such strings, but I'll keep you posted if I stumble upon any.

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Freso commented

Okay, I see that it'll already show positive text if more than 50% is translated (l10n_community/pages.inc). However, why not make the code that wee bit less complex and make it so it's always using the positive phrase instead of the negative one? If this is acceptable/approved of, I'll roll a patch.

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brmassa commented

Frederik,

well, on every progress bar on this module, there are both strings (% translated and % untranslated). the green bars show the % translated and the grey show the missing work. The untranslated percentage is a useful information too, IMO.

regards,

massa

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Freso commented
Status: Active » Closed (works as designed)

Ah. Right. Didn't notice the hover text on the translated part of the bar. Hohum. Alright then, I'll drop the issue. :)