Re: [Cooker] more translation comments

2002-09-11 Thread Richard Houser
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 David Walluck wrote: | Igor Izyumin wrote: | | On Tuesday 10 September 2002 07:30 am, Brad Felmey wrote: | | | Software Package Installation sounds the most graceful to these US | ears. | | | | Agreed. I suggest throwing out the Package stuff from

Re: [Cooker] more translation comments

2002-09-10 Thread Guillaume Cottenceau
Frank Griffin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: An interesting experiment is to remove Software and try just Package(s) Installation. While Software Packages Installation sounds OK to me, Packages Installation sounds borderline clumsy, and Package Installation sounds much better. I wanted to keep

Re: [Cooker] more translation comments

2002-09-10 Thread Brad Felmey
On Mon, 2002-09-09 at 05:14, Guillaume Cottenceau wrote: Elliott Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It seems that mentioning any translation issues on anything in mandrake linux is a real sore spot for some reason, but it has to be said, so i'm ready to take the flak. in the latest

Re: [Cooker] more translation comments

2002-09-10 Thread Igor Izyumin
On Tuesday 10 September 2002 07:30 am, Brad Felmey wrote: Software Package Installation sounds the most graceful to these US ears. Agreed. I suggest throwing out the Package stuff from the title, though. Just Software Installation. You can explain the package part on the intro screen or

Re: [Cooker] more translation comments

2002-09-10 Thread David Walluck
Igor Izyumin wrote: On Tuesday 10 September 2002 07:30 am, Brad Felmey wrote: Software Package Installation sounds the most graceful to these US ears. Agreed. I suggest throwing out the Package stuff from the title, though. Just Software Installation. You can explain the package

Re: [Cooker] more translation comments

2002-09-09 Thread Guillaume Cottenceau
Elliott Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It seems that mentioning any translation issues on anything in mandrake linux is a real sore spot for some reason, but it has to be said, so i'm ready to take the flak. in the latest rpmdrake, the main banner at the top reads Software Packages

Re: [Cooker] more translation comments

2002-09-09 Thread Adam Williamson
On Mon, 2002-09-09 at 11:14, Guillaume Cottenceau wrote: in the latest rpmdrake, the main banner at the top reads Software Packages Installation, and i believe the plural is used in error. i think it should read Software Package Installation. Grr it has been that way for ages (that

Re: [Cooker] more translation comments

2002-09-09 Thread Frank Griffin
Guillaume Cottenceau wrote: in the latest rpmdrake, the main banner at the top reads Software Packages Installation, and i believe the plural is used in error. i think it should read Software Package Installation. Though, about the problem: are you sure it can't be plural? I want to

Re: [Cooker] more translation comments

2002-09-09 Thread Frank Griffin
Adam Williamson wrote: Though, about the problem: are you sure it can't be plural? I want to mean installation of software packages. Any other opinions from native speakers? Guillaume was correct. Software Package(s) Installation is an example of a compound noun (Software Package(s)

[Cooker] more translation comments

2002-09-06 Thread Elliott Martin
It seems that mentioning any translation issues on anything in mandrake linux is a real sore spot for some reason, but it has to be said, so i'm ready to take the flak. in the latest rpmdrake, the main banner at the top reads Software Packages Installation, and i believe the plural is used in

Re: [Cooker] more translation comments

2002-09-06 Thread Adam Williamson
On Fri, 2002-09-06 at 21:42, Elliott Martin wrote: It seems that mentioning any translation issues on anything in mandrake linux is a real sore spot for some reason, but it has to be said, so i'm ready to take the flak. in the latest rpmdrake, the main banner at the top reads Software

Re: [Cooker] more translation comments

2002-09-06 Thread Levi Ramsey
On Fri Sep 06 23:29 +0100, Adam Williamson wrote: the all-new Adam disclaimer: here in the country where we INVENTED English, anyway. ;) Well, English is really just a hack on Danish... ;o) -- Levi Ramsey [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] The way out is the way in...