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david69
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in the examples given to the translators, https://wiki.freecadweb.org/WikiPages#S ... ranslators, there are few things which are not exactly right or good:

{{GuiCommand
|Name=FEM EquationFluxsolver
|MenuLocation=Solve → Equation fluxsolver
|Workbenches=[[Fem_Workbench|FEM]]
|Shortcut={{KEY|F}} {{KEY|S}}
|Version=0.17
|SeeAlso=[[FEM_tutorial|FEM tutorial]]
}}

Translated:

{{GuiCommand/fr
|Name=FEM EquationFluxsolver
|Name/fr=FEM EquationFluxsolver
|MenuLocation=Solveur → Equation fluxsolver
|Workbenches=[[Fem_Workbench/fr|Atelier FEM]]
|Shortcut={{KEY|F}} {{KEY|S}}
|Version=0.17
|SeeAlso=[[FEM_tutorial/fr|FEM tutoriel]]
}}

should be:
{{GuiCommand/fr
|Name=FEM EquationFluxsolver
|Name/fr=FEM Équation d'écoulement, it's a translation, sometimes not stricly identical but can speak to the reader
|MenuLocation=Solveur → Flux equation as it is the exact wording in the GUI
|Workbenches=[[Fem_Workbench/fr|FEM]] it is a convention, IMO
|Shortcut={{KEY|F}} {{KEY|S}}
|Version=0.17
|SeeAlso=[[FEM_tutorial/fr|Tutoriel FEM]] it's linked to the French
}}

usually, I reuse as much as I can the translation of the tool in the Docnav.

later
[[Part_Module|Part Module]]

Translated:

[[Part_Module/fr|Atelier Pièces]] we keep the English wording for the workbenches so, it should be [[Part_Module/fr|Atelier Part]]. It's also the case in Turkish or Japenese in the GUI. I think we can consider this as a rule.

where it is a bit more exotic for the Asterix&Obelix, it is with
{{Docnav
|[[FEM_EquationElectrostatic|Electrostatic equation]]
|[[FEM_EquationFlux|Flux equation]]
|[[FEM_Module|FEM]]
|IconL=FEM_EquationElectrostatic.svg
|IconR=FEM_EquationFlux.svg
|IconC=Workbench_FEM.svg
}}

becoming:
{{Docnav/fr
|[[FEM_EquationElectrostatic/fr|Équation électrostatique]]
|[[FEM_EquationFlux/fr|Équation de flux]]
|[[FEM_Module/fr|Atelier FEM]]
|IconL=FEM_EquationElectrostatic.svg
|IconR=FEM_EquationFlux.svg
|IconC=Workbench_FEM.svg
}}

it's a matter of balance between rule and flexibility depending on sometimes the language itself.
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