Quick Question - Surely the legal language varies across some countries? I know for instance some legal terms in New Zealand are unique to here , Although they are specifically related to areas of law that are beyond my study. Don't ask me to provide some examples -- Was the result of a question put forward to me by a friend on Friday
On Sun, 16 Sep 2012, at 06:27 AM, Marc Paré wrote: > Hi Henri and David, > > > Le 2012-09-12 21:27, Marc Paré a écrit po: > > Hi everyone, > > > > I was just re-reading the TDF Statutes web page[1] and would like to > > suggest that a small group of us review the EN version (translation) > > from the point of view of syntax, form and readability. > > > > I have already made a few spelling corrections on the page, but I find > > that it is in need of a review as it does not read well at all. I am > > taking into account that this is a translation from the legal DE version > > and that it is written in "legalese". > > > > I believe the EN document needs close attention as most visitors to the > > site who are serious in documenting our "Charter and Statutes" are > > offered this document which I find could be improved while still > > maintaining the integrity of the original DE text. > > > > If we could have 4-5 of us, at least on DE member who is familiar (or > > who want to be familiar with the DE document). We could put the text on > > a wiki page (temporarily) and work with the corrections/improvements > > from there. This should not take long. > > > > I would also ask if Jean Hollis-Weber could help out with this if she > > has time. The text needs some TLC from the point of view of punctuation, > > syntax, form and all that is of EN grammatical rules. > > > > This document is especially important to the project. We need to get > > this page right. It defines who we are and how we do it. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Marc > > > > [1] http://www.documentfoundation.org/foundation/statutes/ > > > > Thanks for the offers. I am not sure how busy you are, but I propose we > put a copy on the wiki and work on the rewording/corrections there -- we > can use the "Discuss" section for our notes/questions. We may need notes > if we are going to suggest the modification to the BoD. Every section > needs to be referenced back to the DE version. > > How does that sound? > > Cheers, > > Marc > > > -- > Marc Paré > m...@marcpare.com > http://www.parEntreprise.com > parEntreprise.com Supports OpenDocument Formats (ODF) > parEntreprise.com Supports http://www.LibreOffice.org > > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > -- Anthony Easthope antiso...@myopera.com -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
