Dear KG,
On Mon, Sep 06, 2010 at 12:06:27PM +0530, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-09-06 at 11:44 +0530, Vinodh Rajan wrote:
> > Indic Languages use the plural as a mark of respect. (Don't ask my
> > why :-P )
>
> that does not answer my question - I know all Indian languages have
> that. What I am asking is which form we use when translating strings?
I have been doing a small amount of Hindi translation for a FOSS
project (mainly due to the absence of other volunteers), and I have
tried to stay with the style of earlier contributors, who have done a
fairly good job. The general trend seems to be to use "aap"
(equivalent of "neengal"); my reasoning as to why it makes sense is
since this word doubles for the case of plural as well as respect, as
opposed to "nee".
Someone with a better perspective could correct me, if I am wrong,
though.
Thanks.
Kumar
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