Excel: Translation of Data Types in French

[Declan Coughlan]

Thanks for the suggestions @Frederic LE GUEN, I'll ask the moderator to review these. I'll update you here on their feedback. 

[Frederic LE GUEN]

Great Thanks

That's really important to 'sell' this tool for French users

[Frederic LE GUEN]

Any news of this translation?

[Declan Coughlan]

Hi @Frederic LE GUEN ,

We won't be making the suggested changes at this time. The feedback from our French linguists (both France and Canada) is that we should not change this term. Here is what they say:

• 'Données enrichies' does not actually reflect the source term
• We already translate 'rich data' as 'données enrichies' within Excel, so introducing another term with the same translation would cause ambiguity issues
• 'type de données' may be a term used in computer science in French, but so is 'data type' in English. Excel being a tool for general public use and not just computer developers, there is little risk of confusion in general, especially since the options given for 'data type' are visible to dissipate any ambiguity.

Thanks for posting the suggestion. 

Declan

[Frederic LE GUEN]

Thanks @Declan Coughlan  for your explanations.

Ok, I understand your explanations.