Am Montag, den 07.05.2012, 15:27 +0200 schrieb [email protected]: > Hi Dennis > > > So in German, you just state an action to be performed as a way of > avoiding the use of Du or Sie?
Yes. »Du« will _never_ be used. »Sie« will be avoided wherever possible
(with very few exemptions like dialog prompts and user instructions in
manuals etc.).
> When you see a menu item "Datei öffnen" does it give a sense that the
> human expects the computer to Open the file while the computer quietly
> goes ahead and carries out the request?
Exactly.
> Is there a distinction with social 'behaviour' in this manner of
> acting such that the people expect that this is only ok if dealing
> with a computer?
Correct. People do not talk like this to each other. This is only used
in interactions with machines (however this is a high standard that not
all translators of Software besides Ubuntu follow in the wild).
Regards,
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