Who speaks Frist: Human or Computer

[goof at coppernet.zm]

Hi Jonathan 
My issue was with localization and the pont of view of the interaction with the computer in the written text. 


thanks 


Anthony 



From: "Jonathan Aquilina" <eagles051387 at gmail.com> 
To: goof at coppernet.zm 
Cc: "Dennis Baudys" <thecondor at arcor.de>, ubuntu-translators at lists.ubuntu.com 
Sent: Monday, May 7, 2012 5:05:07 PM 
Subject: Re: Who speaks Frist: Human or Computer 

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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