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List:       kde-i18n-doc
Subject:    Re: Semantic tags for i18n, official proposal
From:       Arnold Krille <arnold () arnoldarts ! de>
Date:       2007-06-20 10:00:23
Message-ID: 200706201200.38612.arnold () arnoldarts ! de
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Am Mittwoch, 20. Juni 2007 schrieb Yukiko Bando:
> Thomas Reitelbach wrote:
> > In this context please remember the periodically upcoming discussion
> > about a webinterface for translators. The main argument for such a
> > system is usually to lower the barrier for new translators and thus to
> > ease the process of translation. Some few simple semantic hints (as
> > proposed by Chusslove) would be in the sence of an easy translation
> > system and will come in handy for new translators. But a complex tags
> > system (with many things to learn and remember) would result in the
> > opposite.
> Hmm... As far as context tags concerned, I think it's the opposite.  The
> more information, the easier.  I assume most people know what is
> checkbox, radiobutton, combobox, tooltip, etc. etc., so nothing new to
> learn. :)

Really? Ask your wife/girlfriend/mom/anyone without higher computer knowledge 
what the difference between a radiobutton, a checkbox and a combobox is and 
you will see that most (all) of these have no clue. Even I (programming for 
several years now) have to check back in my mind for the difference.

And these simple minded (in respect to computing/programming) are the ones we 
(at least in the german team) want to include in translations so they can 
become part of the kde-family. The less programming-specific information the 
better!

Arnold
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