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#1 2025-11-29 19:56:39

abravorus
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Picture size names and theirs translation

Hello,

Translating some new strings from Piwigo 16 I found that at least for me the terms which are used to describe possible picture sizes on the Configuration->Sizes page became not fully understandable.

For example we have now for large sizes:

Large
Very Large
Huge
Extra Huge
Gigantic

It's not easy to translate that to let any user to feel a difference :) And I'm not sure that even in English the difference between Extra Huge and Gigantic is clear for everybody.

Just as an idea, may be add some clear size definition to this list like following:

Large (up to W x H)
Very Large (up to W x H)
Huge (up to W x H)
Extra Huge (up to W x H)
Gigantic (up to W x H)

And the same for small sizes too, of course.

Thanks,
  Alexandr

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#2 2025-11-30 08:12:20

ddtddt
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Re: Picture size names and theirs translation

Hi :-)

Thank's for your feedback.


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#3 2025-11-30 10:22:49

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Re: Picture size names and theirs translation

Hello ! But what do you propose to enter as value for W and H, as the webmaster has the power to modify these dimensions ? I don't see how you could impose width and height.


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#4 2025-11-30 11:11:19

abravorus
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Re: Picture size names and theirs translation

Katryne wrote:

Hello ! But what do you propose to enter as value for W and H, as the webmaster has the power to modify these dimensions ? I don't see how you could impose width and height.

Hello!

Maybe so: "default up to W x H" ?

But that's a question, I agree.

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#5 2025-11-30 12:19:18

moberley
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Re: Picture size names and theirs translation

I'm not sure about all the locations where those strings are used but on two installs I have -- one using the Modus theme and the other Bootstrap Darkroom -- the picture page on the gallery side includes pixel dimensions in the size dropdown menu next to the names in question.

As for the admin, the configuration page for image sizes also shows dimensions but hides them until the "show details" link is activated.

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#6 2025-11-30 12:59:54

Katryne
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Re: Picture size names and theirs translation

One see it too in admin.php?page=configuration&section=sizes when you choose the greatest dimensions for pictures sizes.
On public side, when the visitor chooses the size the picture to be displayed, the dimensions, either default or edited in administration by the webmaster, will be displayed after the name of the size :

ie in French:
XXS - minuscule (240 x 135)
XS - très petit (432 x 243)
S - petit (576 x 324)
M - moyen (792 x 445)
L - grand (1008 x 567)
XL - très grand (1224 x 688)
XXL - énorme (1656 x 931)
3XL - très énorme (2232 x 1255)
4XL - gigantesque (3000 x 1687)
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So your question, Abravorus, is merely a translator questionning : it will always be understandable enough on visitor side, since the sizes will be displayed into brackets). I would not change anything to it. Though, in French, maybe I should find something more stylish than "très énorme")
Katryne (I am a translator too here)

Last edited by Katryne (2025-11-30 13:15:05)


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#7 2025-11-30 16:27:12

abravorus
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Re: Picture size names and theirs translation

Katryne wrote:

So your question, Abravorus, is merely a translator questionning : it will always be understandable enough on visitor side, since the sizes will be displayed into brackets). I would not change anything to it. Though, in French, maybe I should find something more stylish than "très énorme")
Katryne (I am a translator too here)

Agree. I have to think how to better translate "Extra huge" to Russian.

Thanks,
  Alexandr

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#8 2025-11-30 18:59:59

Katryne
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Re: Picture size names and theirs translation

Maybe géant in French, meaning giant. Just wondering.


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#9 2025-11-30 20:38:32

moberley
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Re: Picture size names and theirs translation

To my eyes "extra huge" is a little bit odd in English as well. Obviously, it isn't wrong to describe a size that way but large and huge are very much synonyms in terms of understanding the relative magnitude of a set of things.

And, at least in my part of the world, I would expect the first two multiple-X sizes to be expressed as "double X L" and "triple X L" (speaking the names of the letters) if they are given any words at all. (Some people might actually just say double-X or triple-X -- dropping the L entirely -- and would be understood as referring to the size of something.) 4XL is interesting because the pattern would lead to "quadruple XL" (or probably just "quad XL" in many cases) but I think I've probably heard that more commonly expressed as just "four-X-L" or "four-X" instead.

However, this is just my own anecdotal observation and I have no data to back it up.

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#10 2025-12-01 06:38:09

ddtddt
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Re: Picture size names and theirs translation

Hi :-)

The size (number of pixels) can be adjusted by each user.

Piwigo offers a default setting, but users can change this setting.


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