[kde-doc-english]kxsconfig.po

[Fabrice Mous]

On Wednesday 06 November 2002 17:02, Görkem Çetin wrote:
> On Tue, 5 Nov 2002, [iso-8859-1] Éric Bischoff wrote:
> > Le Tuesday 05 November 2002 13:18, Fabrice Mous a écrit:
> > > I hope this is the correct mailinglist ... I think I found a spelling
> > > error in kxsconfig.po -> string 172
> > >
> > > "Draws a stream of rising, undulating 3D bubbles, rising toward the top
> > > of the screen, with nice specular reflections. Written by Richard
> > > Jones."
> > >
> > > specular >> shouldn't that be spectacular or so ... can't find specular
> > > in my dictionary.
> >
> > specular == done by a mirror
> >
> > No ?
> >
> > specular reflections = mirror reflections
>
> That's true(ish) :-)
>
> Specular reflection: Like billard ball highlight, apple surface highlight,
> etc. The reflection is focused on an area.
>
> Diffuse reflection (not specular :-): Paper, wood, etc. These are also
> called Lambertian surfaces.
>
> (If I were the coder, I wouldn't use the term "specular", rather only use
> "reflection". So it doesn't confuse anyone's mind - just like in this
> example. There are already more than enough technical terms in KDE :-))
>

So it's redundant ... you say. Because here you say "specular reflection" and 
yes it is a bit strange to translate that into dutch, Could also be that 
english has far more words and nuances for different types of material 
surface, states, etc ... 


Fab