Re: [GNC-dev] Is ellipsis in Loan Repayment Options intended?
Boy, does that look painful. Although I understand the intention, the results aren't actually grammatical. There's the comma splice in the title text: "Do you utilize an escrow account, if so an account must be specified..." Then, adding the tail end for the various options results in gibberish: "... if so an account must be specified ... pay taxes"-- doesn't make sense. So this is just a fail on all levels. It would be preferable if this were rewritten to use more formal language. Like: Title: Escrow Account Settings Content If your loan utilizes an escrow account, enter the necessary information here. Use Escrow Account Escrow account Escrow includes Taxes Escrow includes Insurance Escrow includes PMI Escrow includes other expenses I'll admit I have never used this assistant, so I don't know why each option includes a secondary check box, or what effect the choices have, but I'll leave that to others. David T. On May 12, 2023, 8:04 PM, at 8:04 PM, john wrote: >Brian, > >The ellipses indicate that the title is finished by each of the choices >and the omission of the word "to". It's perhaps not the best usage, but >it's valid English and I suppose an attempt to make the assistant feel >more conversational that the more conventional title and enumerated >choices. > >Regards, >John Ralls > > >> On May 12, 2023, at 7:03 AM, BrianHsu wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> During the translation, I found that Loan Repayment Options has lots >> of ellipsis, for example, it displays ...pay "Taxes"? / ... pay >"PMI"? >> as the shown in the attached screenshot. >> >> Even the first sentence of that page is "if so an account must be >> specified...", ends with ellipsis. It's very unusual in an assistant >> window. >> >> Visually it's very cumbersome, and seems to me it serves no purpose >> (for example, make it grammatically correctly in English) or any >> special meaning. >> >> Since English is not my native language, I'm wondering, is this >intended or not? >> >> -- >> Best regards, >> >> 許洛豪（Brian Hsu） >> ___ >> gnucash-devel mailing list >> gnucash-devel@gnucash.org >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel > >___ >gnucash-devel mailing list >gnucash-devel@gnucash.org >https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel ___ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
Re: [GNC-dev] Is ellipsis in Loan Repayment Options intended?
Hi, john, Thanks for the explanation. It's makes sense for me now and really useful to help me improve the translation. Since in our native language we never use this kind of omission, I will change it to something that's more nature in my language. Thanks. john 於 2023年5月13日 週六 上午1:04寫道： > > Brian, > > The ellipses indicate that the title is finished by each of the choices and > the omission of the word "to". It's perhaps not the best usage, but it's > valid English and I suppose an attempt to make the assistant feel more > conversational that the more conventional title and enumerated choices. > > Regards, > John Ralls > > > > On May 12, 2023, at 7:03 AM, BrianHsu wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > During the translation, I found that Loan Repayment Options has lots > > of ellipsis, for example, it displays ...pay "Taxes"? / ... pay "PMI"? > > as the shown in the attached screenshot. > > > > Even the first sentence of that page is "if so an account must be > > specified...", ends with ellipsis. It's very unusual in an assistant > > window. > > > > Visually it's very cumbersome, and seems to me it serves no purpose > > (for example, make it grammatically correctly in English) or any > > special meaning. > > > > Since English is not my native language, I'm wondering, is this intended or > > not? > > > > -- > > Best regards, > > > > 許洛豪（Brian Hsu） > > ___ > > gnucash-devel mailing list > > gnucash-devel@gnucash.org > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel > -- Best regards, 許洛豪（Brian Hsu） ___ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
Re: [GNC-dev] Is ellipsis in Loan Repayment Options intended?
Brian, The ellipses indicate that the title is finished by each of the choices and the omission of the word "to". It's perhaps not the best usage, but it's valid English and I suppose an attempt to make the assistant feel more conversational that the more conventional title and enumerated choices. Regards, John Ralls > On May 12, 2023, at 7:03 AM, BrianHsu wrote: > > Hi, > > During the translation, I found that Loan Repayment Options has lots > of ellipsis, for example, it displays ...pay "Taxes"? / ... pay "PMI"? > as the shown in the attached screenshot. > > Even the first sentence of that page is "if so an account must be > specified...", ends with ellipsis. It's very unusual in an assistant > window. > > Visually it's very cumbersome, and seems to me it serves no purpose > (for example, make it grammatically correctly in English) or any > special meaning. > > Since English is not my native language, I'm wondering, is this intended or > not? > > -- > Best regards, > > 許洛豪（Brian Hsu） > ___ > gnucash-devel mailing list > gnucash-devel@gnucash.org > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel ___ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
[GNC-dev] Is ellipsis in Loan Repayment Options intended?
Hi, During the translation, I found that Loan Repayment Options has lots of ellipsis, for example, it displays ...pay "Taxes"? / ... pay "PMI"? as the shown in the attached screenshot. Even the first sentence of that page is "if so an account must be specified...", ends with ellipsis. It's very unusual in an assistant window. Visually it's very cumbersome, and seems to me it serves no purpose (for example, make it grammatically correctly in English) or any special meaning. Since English is not my native language, I'm wondering, is this intended or not? -- Best regards, 許洛豪（Brian Hsu） ___ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
