On 10/12/2001 08:10:12 "Martin v. Loewis" wrote:
>> Maybe you wanted to say that many Europeans speak English so well, >> that they do not need translations? > >It is my observation as well: Some users are hostile towards the >notion of translated software. Those are typically not native English >speakers, but people who found, at one time or the other, reason to >complain about translations. They do so for all operating systems, >making fun of erroneous translations (such as the infamous "Pfeife >zerbrochen" of SINIX, or translations that an MS employee came up >with). > >From an ancient DR-DOS (version 3.something) Nicht breit __reading__ laufwerk A: This was clearly an oversight (the message was probably pasted together from various places). My native language is Hungarian, and I don't remember using ANY software in Hungarian (with the possible exception of Recognita, which is written by hungarians). For the few I tried, I found the hungarian translation incredibly awkward (this is exacerbated by the fact that Hungarian is neither germanic nor latinic), even if not at the level of "all your base are belong to us" :-) It was easier to use the english version (this was all commercial software). Complaining about the *presence* of translation is silly, IMO. Presumably gettext has a way to decide what language to use (LANG environment variable, or suchlike; LANG=en_gb should do). Decoupling translations is a good idea, if the logistics can be sorted out. Csaba -- Csaba R�duly, Software Engineer Sophos Anti-Virus email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.sophos.com US Support: +1 888 SOPHOS 9 UK Support: +44 1235 559933
