Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Does your Outlook speak a Foreign Language?

If you have a non-English edition of Microsoft Outlook, I need your help!

Here at Xobni, some of our algorithms and heuristics rely on Outlook speaking English. Unfortunately for our software, but fortunately for us, a very significant percentage of our users work with non-English versions of Outlook.

Since our Pirate Testing Lab and our impressive farm of happy virtual machines contains only English-language Outlook installs, I need your help.

If you have a non-English edition of Outlook, please leave a comment with the following:
  • Your country, the language, and version (2003/2007) of your Microsoft Outlook
  • The names that your edition of Outlook uses for:
    1. Inbox
    2. Outbox
    3. Sent Items
    4. Deleted Items
    5. Drafts
    6. Junk E-Mail
    7. RSS Feeds
    8. Search Folders
    9. Calendar
  • The prefix that your Outlook adds to the subject on an email you reply to. For example, in English this is "Re:". In German this is "Aw:". In Italian, this is "R:"
  • The prefix for "Reply All". In English this is "RE:"
  • The prefix for "Forward". In English this is "FW:"
  • (Extra credit): The prefixes Outlook uses when someone accepts or declines your appointment, or sets attendance to tentative. In English, this is "Accepted:", "Declined:" and "Tentative:"

Thanks so much – your help is greatly appreciated!

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10 Comments:

Anonymous Phil v. Sassen said...

Moin Gabor, gehe davon aus, dass Du keine Deutsche Übersetzung benötigst ... wenn, ich Dir doch mit den entsprechenden deutschen Begriffen helfen kann, dann melde Dich einfach bei mir.

Best regards from Berlin, Phil
(phil at sassen dot org)

March 13, 2008 11:27 AM  
Blogger Gabor said...

Phil - yes, I do actually need the German strings. I don't actually own a German copy of Outlook.

Thanks for your help!

March 13, 2008 12:47 PM  
Anonymous Phil v. Sassen said...

Here we go ...

-----------------------------------
1. Inbox -> Posteingang
2. Outbox -> Postausgang
3. Sent Items -> Gesendete Objekte
4. Deleted Items -> Gelöschte Objekte
5. Drafts -> Entwürfe
6. Junk E-Mail -> Junk-E-Mail
7. RSS Feeds -> RSS-Feeds
8. Search Folders -> Suchordner
9. Calendar -> Kalender
-----------------------------------
Re -> AW
Reply All -> Allen Antworten
Forward -> Weiterleiten
-----------------------------------
Accepted -> Zusagen (Zugesagt)
Declined -> Ablehnen (Abgelehnt)
Tentative -> Mit Vorbehalt (Mit Vorbehalt)
-----------------------------------

Best regards, Phil

March 13, 2008 9:34 PM  
Blogger Gabor said...

Apparently, in Spanish:

1. Inbox -> Bandeja de entrada
3. Sent Items -> Elementos enviados
5. Drafts -> Borradores

March 19, 2008 2:14 AM  
Blogger ecerulm said...

1. Inbox -> Bandeja de entrada
2. Outbox -> Bandeja de salida
3. Sent items -> Elementos enviados
4. Deleted items > Elementos eliminados
5. Drafts -> Borrador
6. Junk email -> Correo electrónico no deseado
7. RSS feeds -> Fuentes RSS
8. -> Search Folders -> Carpetas de búsqueda
9. -> Calendar -> Calendario
--
Reply -> Responder
Reply all -> Responder a todos
Forward -> Reenviar

--

Accepted -> Aceptado
Declined -> Rechazado
Tentative -> Aceptado provisionalmente

Take into account that maybe differences between the Spanish(spain) locale version of Outlook and other Spanish locale versions like Spanish(Venezuela), Spanish(México) and so on.

March 19, 2008 9:23 AM  
Anonymous TabTwo said...

But be carefull, the subject-prefix can be configured to use the english version. This is at least what I do in my german version.

March 20, 2008 12:40 AM  
Anonymous Kjetil from Norway said...

Hi! Here's the translations for Norwegian Outlook 2007:
1. Inbox -> Innboks
2. Outbox -> Utboks
3. Sent Items -> Sendte elementer
4. Deleted Items -> Slettede elementer
5. Drafts -> Kladd
6. Junk E-Mail -> Junk E-mail
7. RSS Feeds -> RSS-Feeder
8. Search Folders -> Søkemapper
9. Calendar -> Kalender
-----------------------------------
Re -> RE
Reply All -> RE
Forward -> FW
-----------------------------------
I don't use the meeting features myself, but here's a direct translation:
Accepted -> Akseptert
Declined -> Avslått
Tentative -> Med forbehold

May 07, 2008 8:29 AM  
Anonymous Rance Peng said...

hey, for Simplifield Chinese Outlook 2007
1. Inbox -> 收件箱
2. Outbox -> 发件箱
3. Sent Items -> 已发送邮件
4. Deleted Items -> 已删除邮件
5. Drafts -> 草稿
6. Junk E-Mail -> 垃圾邮件
7. RSS Feeds -> RSS源
8. Search Folders -> 搜索文件夹
9. Calendar -> 日历
-----------------------------------
Re -> 答复
Reply All -> 答复
Forward -> 转发
-----------------------------------
Accepted -> 接受
Declined -> 拒绝
Tentative -> 暂定

May 08, 2008 8:11 AM  
Blogger Borek said...

1) Country: Czech Republic
Language: Czech
Version: 2007

2) Names of folders (system locale is Win-1250):
Inbox = Doručená pošta
Outbox = Pošta k odeslání
Sent Items = Odeslaná pošta
Deleted Items = Odstraněná pošta
Drafts = Koncepty
Junk E-mail = Nevyžádaná pošta
RSS Feeds = Informační kanály RSS
Search folders = Složky výsledků hledání
Calendar = Kalendář

3) Reponse prefix = RE:

4) Reply all prefix = RE:

5) Forward prefix = FW:

6) Not sure, don't use this

Note that accents are significant.

Best regards,
Borek

May 23, 2008 9:57 AM  
Blogger Dagur said...

Icelandic Outlook 2007
-----------------------------------
1. Inbox -> Inbox
2. Outbox -> Outbox
3. Sent Items -> Sent Items
4. Deleted Items -> Deleted Items
5. Drafts -> Drafts
6. Junk E-Mail -> Junk E-Mail
7. RSS Feeds -> RSS Feeds
8. Search Folders -> Leitarmöppur
9. Calendar -> Dagbók
-----------------------------------
Re -> SV
Reply All -> Svara öllum
Forward -> Framsenda (FS)
-----------------------------------
Accepted -> Samþykkt
Declined -> Hafnað
Tentative -> Óráðið
-----------------------------------

April 14, 2009 4:29 PM  

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