In Ukrainian "media" («медіа») is often used for "mass media"
(«мас-медіа»).
Nevertheless, if one uses "media files" («медіафайли») it is perfectly
clear to be meant "images, sounds and videos".
So while translating I use the word «медіафайли» (i.e. "media files") and
everything is OK.
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2014-10-22 17:36 GMT+03:00 Subhashish Panigrahi <subhashish(a)cis-india.org>rg>:
I echo Amir. For instance, media is my native language
Odia is often used
for "print/digital media". Because of this reason I keep writing "images,
audio, video, etc.) to clarify. Haven't yet got a better option.
Best!
Subha
On 22 ଅକ୍ଟୋବର 2014, at 8:00 pm, Amir E. Aharoni
<
amir.aharoni(a)mail.huji.ac.il> wrote:
In the user interface messages of MediaWiki and its extensions the word
"media" is usually used to refer to images, videos, sounds and files. It
is
convenient, because they are handled similarly by
the software.
But it is also awful, because I'm quite sure that people don't talk to
each
other about "media" in real life, but
they do talk about "pictures",
"videos", and "sound recordings". Every time I translate messages
that
have
the word "media" in them, I think that
a lot of users will not actually
understand them, and that if I would stand next to them, I'd have to
explain what that is.
Is my impression wrong?
Is it conceivable to consider that using the word "media" less in user
interface messages will make the interface clearer to the user?
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