Am 02.12.2014 00:18, schrieb Lutz Vieweg: > On 11/14/2014 12:06 AM, Dirk Hohndel wrote: >> I just got German to 99% and I also always use English. But we have >> enough >> German divers on this list that I hope this gets some testing and that >> someone will finish the phrases that I couldn't figure out how to put in >> German (and fixes some of the horrible translations that I added). > > What I quickly found: > > * Inconsistent usage of formal "Sie" (7 occurences) vs. "Du" (3 occurences) > in talking to the user. > Personally, I like automata to address their human masters formally, > but we might better prepare for the upcoming rule of silicon overlords > by having them address us as "Du". > The third way, which also allows for shorter strings, is to leave > away personal addressing, which is also used in some translations > already.
I think most software I use, use either 'Sie' or omit the personal addressing. But thinking about divers I prefer 'Du' over 'Sie' as 'Du' is very common among divers even if they don't know each other. In the end I don't really care which form we chose as long as we try to always use the same... /martin _______________________________________________ subsurface mailing list subsurface@subsurface-divelog.org http://lists.subsurface-divelog.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/subsurface
