Re: [Gaim-i18n] Bad language in Gaim

[Clytie S. <cl...@ri...>]

On 25/04/2006, at 9:20 PM, Vincas =C4=8Ci=C5=BEi=C5=ABnas wrote:

> On Apr 25, 2006, at 5:37 AM, Clytie Siddall wrote:
>> I think there is a sensible compromise. If a string is normal =20
>> language, which you would expect the average user to understand, =20
>> then you can also expect us to understand it. If it is not normal =20
>> language, if it's more technical, more idiomatic or more obtuse, =20
>> then you need to supply context.
>
> (Most) Developers are not linguists.  To many of them, idioms do =20
> constitute 'normal language'.

Yes, of course. I meant _more idiomatic_ than usual, like the jargon =20
of one particular sub-culture. "Sensing a disturbance in the force" =20
is an example of this. While Star Wars fans (of whom I am one ;) ) =20
probably don't think of Star Wars as a sub-anything, it's not general =20=

language (yet ;) ).

from Clytie (vi-VN, Vietnamese free-software translation team / nh=C3=B3m =
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