[kde-doc-english]<OT> Translation differences

[Pam R]

On Thursday 06 June 2002 8:54 pm, Jonathan Singer wrote:
> From: Thomas Diehl <thd at kde.org>
>
> >OTOH, I think we _could_ agree on some basic style requirements and a
> >consistent terminology (eg in the infamous folder <-> directory thing) and
> >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.
>
> OK, OK, I'll talk to Malcolm and we'll get on it.  ;-)
>
> Speaking for myself, I've been out of touch with KDE development in general
> because: a) I've had a huge amount of real work to do.
> b) Since the build system was changed, and some other post-3.0 changes, CVS
> rarely compiles on my Linux boxes. c) I've stopped following the main devel
> lists, since they (especially kde-devel) have gotten so overrun with
> pointless chatter that they're too much trouble to read through. That
> inattention probably contributes to the problem with b).
>
> and with the style requirements in particular because:
> a) Like most volunteers, I joined up to scratch an itch. Spelling errors in
> dialog boxes drive me crazy so I was willing to spend hours fixing them.
> Personally, I don't care that much if one app uses 'email' and another
> 'e-mail'. b) The original goal was that we would propose a standard, get
> comments from developers and then expect them to comply with it. I've come
> to realize that getting even the most basic cooperation from developers,
> like having them notify the documentation maintainer when they entirely
> rework the UI weeks into an interface freeze, is impossible. I'm reluctant
> to unilaterally impose a standard on everybody (although I probably
> shouldn't be) and I'm completely unwilling to spend the upcoming years
> fixing standard violations in new code.
>
> Hmmm, that all sounds a little, well, _tense_. I badly need a vacation but
> can't take one because I need to weigh my mice every other freaking day and
> plead with with them to stop eating their babies and...
>
> Errr, anyway, I'll dig out those emails with the proposed standards. We can
> make one more round of suggestions on this list, and then post it to
> kde-core-devel as a fait accompli.
>

I'll leave it in your capable hands then.

Pam