> pt_PT is the Portuguese used in Portugal, pt_BR is the Brazilian > Portuguese used in Brasil. We have several differences in the language > context, specially in the computer area.
Let me add a comment and please note that this comment only reflect my own opinion and that only. The pt/pt_BR thing has always annoyed me. First of all, this is not pt_PT vs pt_BR.....thie is "pt" vs "pt_BR". Even though Portuguese is mostly spoken in Portugal and Brazil, there are other places in the world where the language is alive and used, and there are other pt_* locales in glibc. Up to now, I have always hear and read from Portuguese and Brazilian users that both languages are different. This is actually NOT what all ethnological data mention (see www.ethnologue.com for instance). Even though it is often mentioned that the way to speak the language differs in BR and PT, the language is itself always considered as the very same language. ISO 639 has no special code for "Brazilian" while this standard often makes very specific differences in languages variants, especially when it comes at ISO 639-3 (just count the various English or French creoles in the standard). So, I have always regretted that the translation effort is currently splitted in two teams. The Spanish speakers *did* manage to go through their cultural differences between Spain and Latin America and they continue to work with only one team and one translation set, even though they sometimes have hard times to agree on terminology. The cultural background is probably the same here with some remainings from a colonial past which induces strong feelings and doesn't help. Anyway, I'm afraid that we'll never see a single Portuguese translation in Free Software (also not in commercial software) but in that case, people, just work for international standards to recognize "Brazilian" as a different language and bring it its own ISO code. But, in the meantime, I don't really see the point in splitting things more than they are. There are areas where both translation teams work together and it seems to me that this is better than a total split. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
