Hello, 2008/10/30 F Wolff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Do, 2008-10-30 at 13:27 +0700, Theppitak Karoonboonyanan wrote: >> Dear gnome-i18n, >> >> I believe this is an appropriate place to discuss about cultural >> conventions. >> >> How is a foot interpreted in your culture? Do you have the same >> issue I have met? In my culture, showing foot is considered rude. >> And the foot is not something to impress people who are totally new >> to GNOME.
just FWIW, the foot is or has been considered rude or even a heavy insult (duel fodder) in a number of cultures. > I assume that culturally sensitive graphical design is hard, and I guess > you are used to simply taking what you get as a Thai translator. If we > say we are an international group, we should try to accommodate this > difference as much as we work on text layout, GUI translation, date > formats, etc. Agree, but partly, like Matej says, it's in the eye of the beholder, and partly it's a matter of resources. I think no alternative logos will appear until people start submitting them. > I think I know of at least one team that doesn't translate and promote > Firefox under that brand, since the fox is considered negative in their > culture - I guess for Mozilla there is too much in that brand to dilute > it, but they lost that team (in as far as I know). This is a pity and if true even a bit silly. The firefox isn't a fox, it's a panda: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Panda> This is the animal that would turn up all across the field, before Mozilla Firefox popularity overwhelmed all the search engines. BR, Gudmund _______________________________________________ gnome-i18n mailing list gnome-i18n@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-i18n