User Interface Text Guidelines
The official language of Joomla is en-GB and this guide is intended to assist anyone writing language strings in en-GB (British English). This guide should not be translated but may help serve as a starting point for Translation Teams to localise and produce their own guide.
Purpose
- Establish official style guidelines for writing en-GB strings.
- Ensure consistency throughout Joomla.
- Traditional rules of grammar do not always apply to the web. See Break Grammar Rules on Websites for Clarity.
- See NNG on American vs British english for the web.
Target audience
- Primary: Developers writing en-GB strings.
- Secondary: Translation teams.
Uses
- Primary: Basis for all en-GB strings.
- Secondary: Assist non native en-GB developers writing language strings in en-GB.
- Tertiary: Provide guidelines for translation teams to localise.