Who speaks Frist: Human or Computer

[Tom Davies]

Hi :)
+1
Yes, i think that is a better approach
Regards from
Tom :)


--- On Mon, 7/5/12, yannubuntu at gmail.com <yannubuntu at gmail.com> wrote:

From: yannubuntu at gmail.com <yannubuntu at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Who speaks Frist: Human or Computer
To: ubuntu-translators at lists.ubuntu.com
Date: Monday, 7 May, 2012, 15:16

    > An example is 'Open File'. The question is: In this case, is the menu
    > item in the computer application telling the human that it able to
    > open a file or it is the human who is telling the computer to open the

    > file?


In my opinion, you should think "Open file" as a neutral/infinitive/non-speech form (like in "to open a file" or "a file opening", or "file must be opened"), NOT in a speech form (like in "Mr PC, please open my file").


Hope this helps.
Yann

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