--- Lun 9/3/09, Paolo Rizzi <g...@oicom.com> ha scritto:
> Da: Paolo Rizzi <g...@oicom.com>
> Oggetto: Re: [JPP-Devel] feature vs item
> A: "OpenJump develop and use" <jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>
> Data: Lunedì 9 marzo 2009, 17:29
> >> Hi Peppe,
> >> just my personal opinion...
> >> Often the best translation of English technical
> terms is no
> >> translation
> >> at all!!!
> >> The word "Feature" has a precise meaning
> in the
> >> GIS context that anyone,
> >> even in Italy, is aware of, so I'd let as is,
> >> untranslated.
> >> The word "Elemento" doesn't sound
> the right
> >> one to me...
> >
> > We talk about tools which basically
> copy/past/edit/eic. geometries (points, lines and polygons)
> which have a graphical rappresentation on the workbench,
> This graphical rapresentation is called "Elemento
> grafico" and the single geometries are called in
> Italian "elemento puntuale", "elemento
> lineare" or "elementi areali".
> > "Elemento" seems to me the correct choice,
> resumed fron a previous OJ translation on which I am
> working.
> > On the other hand using an "hybrid"
> terminology (Copia feature?) would have sound strange.
> Yes, "Copia feature" sound really strange!!!
> And "elemento lineare", "elemento
> areale", etc. are correct!!!
> Is just they miss a little of the meaning of
> "Feature", that comprises
> the non graphical attributes of the "Objects"
> too, but in this context
> they should be the right terms.
> Thank you for your work!!!
>
> Bye
> Paolo Rizzi
Thanks for the good comment Paolo, I hope we caN find a solution in the future
(faeture)
Bye
Peppe
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