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List:       kde-docbook
Subject:    Re: poxml ready for prime time
From:       Stephan Kulow <coolo () kde ! org>
Date:       2001-03-02 10:51:31
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Richard Moore wrote:
> 
> Stephan Kulow wrote:
> > > and from kdevelop/doc/tutorial/index.docbook
> > >
> > > <programlisting>-&gt;  #include &lt;qpixmap.h&gt;
> > > -&gt;  #include &lt;qpen.h&gt;
> > >
> > >     class KScribbleDoc
> > >     {
> > >
> > > -&gt;           protected:
> > >
> > > -&gt;        QPen currentPen(){ return pen;};
> > >
> > > -&gt;                   int penWidth()
> > > -&gt;                           { return pen.width(); }
> > >
> > >       public slots:
> > >         void updateAllViews(KScribbleView *sender);
> > >
> > >         protected:
> > >
> > > -&gt;                   QPixmap buffer;
> > >
> > >       private:
> > > -&gt;                   QPen pen;
> > >         /** the modified flag of the current document */
> > >         bool modified;</programlisting>
> > >
> > There the question is even more if you want to translate it. Would you?
> > I add programlisting to the to be created donttouchwhitespace list :)
> 
> I remember from when I was working with the ANSI and ISO standards
> for EDIF that we had this problem. To get the standard accepted in
> France there needed to be a French translation, unfortunately the
> translators translated all the language keywords and examples too
> (and bear in mind that a print out of the standard was covered about
> 4000 pages when printed double sided on A4). The result was that
> anyone who had tried following the French version would be screwed.
> In the end, the French standards guys made a special exception.
> 
> In short: be very careful in how you handle translations of code
> samples!
Yes, we have to teach our translators. There is no way around I'm afraid

Greetings, Stephan

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