2011/4/1 dionysien <jean-francois.bour...@univ-paris8.fr> > Hi all > > We must keep in mind that languages vary enormously with respect non only > to > their available vowels and consonants, but also to their possible > syllables. > > The component words of LibreOffice, though quite common international > words, > have already diverging pronounciations wordwide. > We already know that in Japanese a vowel will HAVE to be inserted between > B > and R, and probably also at the end, just because the syllabic pattern of > Japanese commands it. And that is right so, even if the phonetic > [libureofisu] differs from [librofis] > > Some will need the of Libre, "à la Spanish", others won't, "à la French", > others will pronounce a double , "à la Italian", others, lacking a [o] > vowel, will put a [u] to pronounce the ... > > No single recommendation is necessary or even usable. We must also remember > that in the language used in this forum, the very name of vowels is mostly > a... diphtong > Let every language community decide for the most suitable pronunciation, > according to their possibilities and wishes. > > That diversity just reflects the richness of word cultures. We can share a > common LibreOffice and call it in our mother tongue. > > Cheers > Jean-François >
Agree, Jean François ; moreover, not only does the syllabic pattern of Japanese necessitate the insertion of a vowel or vowels in consonant clusters, but the same imperative holds true to an even greater degree in (standard) Chinese. Thus it is inevitable that the term «LibreOffice» will be pronounced differently from land to land, language to language, dialect to dialect. As the same time, the concerns of posters who wonder how it can be pronounced in their respective languages should not be ignored. Why not post mp3 files with pronunciations by tdf developers from various countries which could help in the construction of standards for the many languages in which, hopefully, LibreOffice will employed. Friedrich's German-lnguage version is a good example.... Henri -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
