Re: Discussion of written English style

2019-06-04 Thread William A Rowe Jr
On Mon, Jun 3, 2019, 17:37 Jose Miguel Parrella Romero wrote: > Off-topic and as an exercise, I wrote a simpler version of The Apache Way. > Input welcome! > https://gist.github.com/bureado/ee91c7ebc397348b0b5e76841fe6184c > > Of course just translating "The Apache Way" is a mental exercise in it

Re: Discussion of written English style

2019-06-04 Thread Kenneth Knowles
(moving thread to d...@diversity.apache.org) On Tue, Jun 4, 2019 at 2:05 AM Bertrand Delacretaz wrote: > On Tue, Jun 4, 2019 at 12:37 AM Jose Miguel Parrella Romero > wrote: > > ...Off-topic and as an exercise, I wrote a simpler version of The Apache > Way. > > Input welcome! > > https://gist.g

Re: Feedback from Sarah Kiniry about the Google Translate Trick was Fwd: Discussion of written English style

2019-06-04 Thread Patricia Shanahan
I think we will need to adapt those rules for our situation. For example, 'Use articles such as "a/an" and "the" wherever possible' troubles me. The distinction between definite and indefinite articles seems very natural to people whose first language makes that distinction, but many languages

Re: Discussion of written English style

2019-06-04 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
On Tue, Jun 4, 2019 at 12:37 AM Jose Miguel Parrella Romero wrote: > ...Off-topic and as an exercise, I wrote a simpler version of The Apache Way. > Input welcome! > https://gist.github.com/bureado/ee91c7ebc397348b0b5e76841fe6184c ... I like it! I don't think it captures all of https://www.apach

Re: Feedback from Sarah Kiniry about the Google Translate Trick was Fwd: Discussion of written English style

2019-06-04 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
(note the mix of public + private lists) On Mon, Jun 3, 2019 at 7:00 PM Ross Gardler wrote: > In all honesty I'm not sure that this trick would work reliably in any > meaningful way... Agreed. Another way use simple language is to use tried and tested techniques like https://en.wikipedia.org/w