2014-10-17 17:01 keltezéssel, Hans-Peter Diettrich írta:
> Michael Schnell schrieb:
>> On 10/17/2014 12:16 PM, Mattias Gaertner wrote:
>>> Googling gives lot of pages saying that cannot is more formal than
>>> can't.
>> IMHO, Open Source projects are not supposed to be "formal" in that way.
>>
>> I always find it repellent when some software in German uses the
>> formal "Sie" instead of the familiar/colloquial "Du"
>
> I don't like both :-(
>
> In German documentation I'd avoid to address the reader, as far as
> possible. This also eliminates the problem of sex, in any language,
> where anti-discrimination and political correctness <shudder> requires
> the mention both males and females.
I agree with Hans-Peter! :)
In Hungarian there are four(!) form of addressing the partner in a
communication:
1. Önözés: "Ön"
- mostly in official communications
- talking to the second person as she/he was the third person
2. Magázás: "Maga"
- between foreign persons and sometimes between child and parent
- talking to the second person as she/he was the third person
3. Tegezés: "Te"
- in friendly and/or familiar relations
- talking to the second person as a friend
4. Tetszikezés:
- young person talking to an old person
- using the word "tetszik" near to the important verb or
infinitive-participle
For example the followings are the same in English ("Do you want to
delete this file?"):
"Ön törölni akarja e fájlt?"
"Maga törölni akarja e fájlt?"
"Törölni akarod e fájlt?" = "Te törölni akarod e fájlt?"
"Törlni tetszik e fájlt?"
But "Törölni akarja e fájlt?" means that "Does she/he want to delete
this file?"
To avoid problems, when I am translating a text like "Do you want to
delete this file?" I prefer something like this :
"E fájl tölése?" = "Deleting this file?"
It is very hard to figure out that who is on the other side in a
communication if she/he is not by your side physically (for example
reading the messages showing up in your software)...
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Péter Gábor
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