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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Region Of =?iso-8859-1?q?T=C3=BCrkiye?=
From:       Christian Mueller <cmueller () gmx ! de>
Date:       2005-05-30 13:16:14
Message-ID: 200505301516.14375.cmueller () gmx ! de
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Am Montag, 30. Mai 2005 14:25 schrieb David Faure:
> On Monday 30 May 2005 13:50, dirk.schoenberger@sz-online.de wrote:
> > 
> > > Right. I moved Turkey to the Middle East category when I created it,
> > > because
> > > that is where Turkey belongs from my western point of view. The important
> > > point of view is however where they expect to find themselves. With
> > > Görkems
> > > request I will move it to Southern Europe.
> > >
> > 
> > Does there exist a "Near East" category? This is wher I would put Turkey
> > into.
> 
> Because it's "Near" you? But it's certainly not "Near" Japan... the word "Near" for
> a portion of the globe really depends on where you are.


Those terms have been coined a long time ago, and yes, they are from a Western 
perspective.  Similar terms exist in french (and german, too): 

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proche-Orient
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moyen-Orient
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extrême-Orient

If these names of the main categories are not common in a certain locale 
(maybe it's like that for your example Japan) I guess the 
respective translator team will do something about it. :)

I don't think this is a case of needed political correctness or some such 
as it's not really a touchy issue (which it was with "Macedonia").


Christian. 


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