Larry made an important distinction. There is the terminology used in the source code and source code comments, and the terminology used in the GUI. We need to remember the difference.
SS On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 9:51 AM, Giuseppe Aruta <giuseppe_ar...@yahoo.it> wrote: > > > > > --- 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 > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Poco spazio e tanto spam? Yahoo! Mail ti protegge dallo spam e ti da tanto > spazio gratuito per i tuoi file e i messaggi > http://mail.yahoo.it > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA > -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise > -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation > -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD > http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H > _______________________________________________ > Jump-pilot-devel mailing list > Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jump-pilot-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com _______________________________________________ Jump-pilot-devel mailing list Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jump-pilot-devel
