[kde-doc-english] [Bug 101963] New: switching between "you" and "the user"
Natalie
nat at switch.demon.nl
Sun Mar 20 10:01:11 CET 2005
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http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=101963
Summary: switching between "you" and "the user"
Product: docs
Version: unspecified
Platform: unspecified
OS/Version: Linux
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: wishlist
Priority: NOR
Component: general
AssignedTo: kde-doc-english kde org
ReportedBy: nat switch demon nl
Version: KOffice 1.3.5 (using KDE KDE 3.3.2)
Most of the time the instructions are something like "you can ...",
"first you must ..."
On several occasions however, the sentence reads "the user ...".
In kword_fundimentals.po (fundimentals,docbook:79) there are even
sentences like:
When a user sits down to write a document, they already
have an idea of what the final product will look like.
Wouldn't it be better to keep one style throughout the entire doc?
That is one of the things almost all style guides agree about.
In the dutch translation I use sentences like "you can ..." only.
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