Who speaks Frist: Human or Computer

[goof at coppernet.zm]

Thanks Yann. At this point this ties in rather well with the Hebrew and German way of trying to stay 'neutral', essentially its an action that needs done. Sounds like a good approach. 


Regards 


Anthony 



From: yannubuntu at gmail.com 
To: ubuntu-translators at lists.ubuntu.com 
Sent: Monday, May 7, 2012 4:16:34 PM 
Subject: Re: Who speaks Frist: Human or Computer 

> 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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