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Milner08 | 8 months ago

Great if you are an English speaker. Do we then translate that to every language we need to support? Do we scale the UI to work for the different length words?

I dont think that is any better at all. If anything I think its solidly worse.

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josefx|8 months ago

Menu seems to be the kind of word that pops up in a lot of languages.

qualeed|8 months ago

Some with extra letters, or accents, or fonts entirely. Other languages share the concept but the word is completely different.

μενού, valikko, roghchlár, メニュー , مِنو, меню́, trình đơn

To pick a few.

meepmorp|8 months ago

> Great if you are an English speaker. Do we then translate that to every language we need to support?

Yes.

If the page isn't in the target language of the person using it, what difference does it make whether or not it says "menu" in English? If the user wouldn't be able to understand the contents of the menu, is it markedly better that they access those options via a hamburger icon vs an inscrutable bit of text?