On 19/07/13 10:23, Robinson Tryon wrote:
On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 5:46 PM, Donald <donr2...@clear.net.nz> wrote:
In the website project I came across this string:
"Not the version you wanted?"
...
Please change the question to:
"Is this the version you wanted?"
"Not the X you wanted?" and "Is this the X you wanted?" have different meanings.
We cannot guarantee that translations in all the languages will have the
same subtleties that you mention below. Lets keep it simple.
The former implies that you are about to offer the person an
alternative to X (or tell them that they have no choice because there
isn't another dinner/plane flight/taxi cab driver), while the later
implies that you are going to give them X, and then perhaps later give
them an Else-clause for some other alternative.
I don't know where you saw this particular text, but one place it
appears is on the download page:
https://www.libreoffice.org/download
That is where I saw it. Sorry; I should have mentioned that.
---
Download LibreOffice
LibreOffice Linux - deb (x86), version 4.0.4, English (US). Not the
version you wanted? Change System, Version or Language
This is very abbreviated. I guess the translations will be longer.
---much
I'm a native English speaker, so the text scans just fine to me. If
someone asked me to re-write that text to avoid the "Not"-y part, I'd
suggest:
"Need a different build of LibreOffice? Change System, Version or Language"
That is better. I would put "Operating System" instead of "System".
Maybe "edition" would be better understood than "build"? How about:
"If you need a different edition of LibreOffice, you can choose a
different operating system, version or language."
(I don't like the double-use of the word 'version', but changing the
first one to 'build' might be too esoteric for many of our users)
Cheers,
--R
Regards
Donald
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