> Am Mittwoch, 5. Juni 2002 20:15 schrieb Pam R: > > I just came across this story, well worth a read if you are a documenta > tion > > editor or translator. > > > > > > http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,52901,00.html > > This was about what I meant when I said "we should not level out our cult > ural > differences" (eg http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-i18n-doc&m=1019813770014 > 22&w=2) > > OTOH, I think we _could_ agree on some basic style requirements and a > consistent terminology (eg in the infamous folder <-> directory thing) an > d > apply this to existing and upcoming KDE texts. Unfortunately, this is alw > ays > only "considered" but nobody of the native speakers seems to be prepared > to > actually pick it up and _do_ it so far.
Seeing as there is a consensus of opinion to use folder for GUI and directory for the "underlying" system, I am still not sure how to define this in practice. How will I know whether the string refers to one or the other? Regards, Malcolm -- KDE Proof Reading Team KDE GB English Translation Team GMX - Die Kommunikationsplattform im Internet. http://www.gmx.net