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Do not use a full stop at the end of a string if it is not a full sentence:
• ‘‘Done,’’ ‘‘3 SIM contacts copied’’
Use double quotes where the text is user-generated, e.g. for the name of a user's file:
• ‘‘About to delete Contact card for ‘‘N.N.’’ Are you sure?’’
Use three dots in messages to denote an ongoing process:
• ‘Calling…,’ ‘Receiving...,’ ‘Playing...,’ ‘Ready to receive…,’ ‘Scanning for printer…,’ ‘Conversion in
progress…’.
Avoid using other than standard abbreviations. Note, also, that even if in English you have a standard abbreviation for
a word, in some other languages you may have to use the whole word (‘Bcc’ = ‘Piilokopio’ in Finnish).
Some standard abbreviations used in English:
• hour h
• minute min
• second s
• binary digit bit
• bits per second bit/s
• kilobit per second kbit/s
• byte B
• kilobyte kB
• megabyte MB
• kilohertz kHz
• megahertzMHz
• minimum min.
• maximum max.
• number no.
Do not contract negations:
• ‘IS NOT’ not ‘isn’t’
• ‘CANNOT’ not ‘can't’
• ‘DO NOT’ not ‘don't’
Pay attention to hyphens:
• ‘Built-in’ (dictionary)
• ‘Read-only’
• ‘Li-ion battery’
• ‘E-mail’ preferred, ‘email’/‘mail’ acceptable within text
• ‘3-second delay’
• ‘14400 bit/s’ (not ‘14400-bit/s’)
• ‘SIM card’
• ‘PIN code’
See suggested terms in chapter 18.2.
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