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Program Names

Overall your language needs to decide if you wish to translate program names.
Once that is decided there are a few things that may be useful to remember.

Pros and Cons

* Pros for translating
- The program is shown is a script/pronunciation that the user understands

* Cons against translating
- A user will not find the translated program anywhere on the system.  Ie they
  will not be able to run the program using its translated name

Some tips

* Use single quotes
It is quite easy to use single quotes around the program to indicate that it
has not been translated e.g. "Click on the 'KFishMonger' icon"

* Change sentence structure
This source string "%s: Can't init pipe to gdmgreeter" can quite easily be
translated as "%s: Can't init pipe to program gdmgreeter", note that by adding 
the word program it adds clarity

* Use explanatory brackets
If needed add explanatory brackets after the word.  You have two options 1)
Translated_Program (English_Original) or 2) English_Original
(Translate/Transliteration).  Just stick to one method.