Hi, Thanks.
> > 1. Is there any pt <-> pt_BR autotranslation? > No I see. > > 2. Is it better to replace old pt_BR with this or should we keep this. > > > > (FYI: I have used zh_CN for maint-guide to semi-automatically make > > zh_TW. That conversion used several idiom conversions) > > Here is the thing: We portugueses and brazillians understand each other fine, > but we don't speak the > same language. There are too many diferences, and some words used by both > sides have diferent > meanings on each side. There are words used normaly day after day that are > considered bad ofensive > language on the other side. > Just an example: "veado" in brasil is a gay guy, while for us is just a > animal (deer). > > So, i don't think that will be a good idea. FYI: As I understand, zh_CN and zh_TW is very similar situation (or even worse). They undersand each other OK but their vocabrary choiceis have been quite different and some words means different meanings. In written script, they even use different chracter set to represent things and corespindence is not one-to-one function. Since they are still similar, automatic word substitution using some context data and character substirution with some context huristics works very effectively. At least this kind of translation is easier than auto translation from English to portugueses :-) Osamu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
