On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 12:01 PM André Warnier (tomcat) <a...@ice-sa.com> wrote:
> I must say that, although I tried to participate as much I could, I have > some reservations > about this whole translation project. And that is because most of the > original messages > which I have seen, are really "technical" and not at all oriented to a > general public > which may be using applications built on tomcat, but rather to a public > having to deal > specifically with tomcat Java code and tomcat configuration files. > This public is going to need messages which they can later connect to that > code and/or to > the configuration files language and/or to the available documentation. > And let's face it : in terms of anything computer-related, > non-native-English-speakers > (such as myself) lost out a long time ago, and have had, and will have, to > learn a modicum > of English technical computer language anyway, just to understand the > basics of their > field of expertise. > That is not what most of us would culturally prefer, but it is a fact of > life. > Yes, I agree: it's not possible for non english speakers to use Tomcat, so it did seem pointless. Mark still wanted to do the experiment, and since the tool was easy and I had some time I did that French stuff. Anyway it's done now, and people are sometimes happy to get i18n, so... Rémy
