[Kde-pim] Re: credit where credit is due

[Ingo Klöcker]

On Saturday 01 January 2011, Chusslove Illich wrote:
> > [: Ingo Klöcker :]
> > I don't understand why the names of authors are put in ki18n. I
> > guess this is done to allow for translatable pseudo authors. [...]
> 
> That would be one reason, but also...
> 
> > [...] In any case, this appears to be a suboptimal solution since
> > surely proper names shall never be translated.
> 
> For example, in translation into my language, your contributor entry
> in an about dialog would look like this:
> 
> Инго Клекер (Ingo Klöcker)
> 
> The thing before the parenthesis is the transcription of your name
> into my language, according to the rules of transcription from
> German given by the language authority. This is how foreign names
> are normally treated in texts in my language (the original in
> parenthesis is optional; supplied e.g. where the need for contacting
> the person is significant).
> 
> In particular, consider my entry in an about dialog in my language --
> it would be more than strange to have my name in text in my language
> written in its transcribed/transliterated form for another language
> (here English).

Hmm. So how would your name appear in your language?

  Часлав Илић (Chusslove Illich)
or just
  Часлав Илић ?

And in which form does one have to write the names in KAboutData? In 
English? Or in Latin1? Or in the natural script? I suppose in 
English/Latin1 since we do not have an English translation and thus 
English transliteration of names is not possible. This appears do be 
strange/inconvenient because non-Latin1 names will have to be re-
transliterated from the transliterated English form to their natural 
script. *shrug*


Regards,
Ingo

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