Who speaks Frist: Human or Computer

[Jonathan Aquilina]

Can someone clarify something. Is this in relation to gramatical issues in localization or having to do with voice recognition?

Regards
Jonathan Aquilina

On May 7, 2012, at 5:23 PM, goof at coppernet.zm wrote:

> Excellent. Thanks for the clarifications.
> 
> Anthony
> 
> 
> From: "Dennis Baudys" <thecondor at arcor.de>
> To: goof at coppernet.zm
> Cc: ubuntu-translators at lists.ubuntu.com
> Sent: Monday, May 7, 2012 3:44:53 PM
> Subject: Re: Who speaks Frist: Human or Computer
> 
> Am Montag, den 07.05.2012, 15:27 +0200 schrieb goof at coppernet.zm:
> > Hi Dennis
> > 
> > 
> > So in German, you just state an action to be performed as a way of
> > avoiding the use of Du or Sie?
> 
> Yes. »Du« will _never_ be used. »Sie« will be avoided wherever possible
> (with very few exemptions like dialog prompts and user instructions in
> manuals etc.).
> 
> > When you see a menu item "Datei öffnen" does it give a sense that the
> > human expects the computer to Open the file while the computer quietly
> > goes ahead and carries out the request?
> 
> Exactly.
> 
> > Is there a distinction with social 'behaviour' in this manner of
> > acting such that the people expect that this is only ok if dealing
> > with a computer?
> 
> Correct. People do not talk like this to each other. This is only used
> in interactions with machines (however this is a high standard that not
> all translators of Software besides Ubuntu follow in the wild).
> 
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