Rename "Aeroplane mode" to "Flight mode"

There is no Flight mode in nm-applet. Could you please attach a screenshot that shows the issue, so that we can triage this to the correct package?

This might actually be in indicator-network, which is now no longer used and unmaintained, or in gnome-control-center.

gnome-control-center/panels/network/cc-network-panel.c:

   3364 /* TRANSLATORS: this is to disable the radio hardware in the
   3365 * network panel */
   3366 widget = gtk_label_new (_("Airplane Mode"));

the bug specifically mentioned the en-GB translation; but I presume the intention would be change to change the base C string to also be "Flight Mode". There are 53 other translations of this string:

  grep -A1 'Airplane Mode' gnome-control-center po/*.po | grep msgstr > airplane-mode-translations.txt

or is this generally about "each locale should be changed to use the pseudo-industry-standard term in that locale"?

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it is "each locale should be changed to use the pseudo-industry-standard term in that locale". Status reverted to triarged

Which devices use "Flght mode" ? All the Android devices I own or use
have "Aeroplane mode", including the latest CM10.1 (JB4.2), for their
UK translation.

Is this actually a translation issue to be "fixed" or simply a change
to reduce the amount of vocabulary needing translation in other
devices?

On 15/12/2012, Launchpad Bug Tracker <email address hidden> wrote:
> Adolfo Jayme Barrientos (fitoschido) has assigned this bug to you for
> gnome-control-center in Ubuntu:
>
> In network settings, the toggle to turn on/off radios when you are on a
> plane is titled "Aeroplane mode" which is the British-English spelling (
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroplane_(disambiguation) ). The US-
> English would be "Airplane mode".
>
> "Aeroplane mode" feels overly traditional, and has been replaced largely
> on devices with "Flight mode", which is also more accurate as it is the
> flying that is the problem, not just being on a plane (e.g. when the
> plane is not moving you are allowed to use device radios).
>
> ** Affects: ayatana-design
> Importance: High
> Assignee: Calum Pringle (calumpringle)
> Status: Fix Committed
>
> ** Affects: ubuntu-translations
> Importance: Undecided
> Assignee: Ubuntu English (United Kingdom) Translators
> (ubuntu-l10n-en-gb)
> Status: New
>
> ** Affects: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu)
> Importance: High
> Status: Triaged
>
>
> ** Tags: udp
> --
> Rename "Aeroplane mode" to "Flight mode"
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1034488
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> English (United Kingdom) Translators, which is a bug assignee.
>
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> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EnglishTranslation
>

I'm closing the gnome-control-center part of this bug. If you disagree, you're welcome to talk to GNOME about this issue. But since Android, Apple and Windows all use the term "Airplane Mode", I think you will have a difficult time convincing GNOME to use a different term.