[Gaim-i18n] Re: Bad language in Gaim

[Bjoern V. <bj...@cs...>]

Ethan Blanton wrote:
> Fortunately, "I don't like this string" is not sufficient reason to
> change it, regardless of who 'votes' on it.
>  =20
Of course, an opinion of a single translator is not so important. But=20
the needs of Gaim's users should be important for us.

What about serious business users? I mean Novell for instance supports=20
Gaim as their instant messaging solution. Gaim is included in Novell=20
Linux business products:

http://www.novell.com/products/desktop/features/im.html

I don't think that a typical business user is amused about "lazy bums",=20
"mating butterflies" and about "feeling a disturbance in the force" in=20
the user interface of a serious program. Of course distributors like=20
Novell can change these strings. But it's much work to do this for all=20
translated languages and for English. And I don't think that we Gaim=20
translators want to support two versions of our translations: one for=20
normal users and business users and one for playing kids. So I still=20
think, it's best to improve the English original strings.

Greetings, Bj=F6rn