<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'>Hi Jonathan<div>My issue was with localization and the pont of view of the interaction with the computer in the written text.</div><div><br></div><div>thanks</div><div><br></div><div>Anthony</div><div><br><br><hr><b>From: </b>"Jonathan Aquilina" <eagles051387@gmail.com><br><b>To: </b>goof@coppernet.zm<br><b>Cc: </b>"Dennis Baudys" <thecondor@arcor.de>, ubuntu-translators@lists.ubuntu.com<br><b>Sent: </b>Monday, May 7, 2012 5:05:07 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: Who speaks Frist: Human or Computer<br><br>Can someone clarify something. Is this in relation to gramatical issues in localization or having to do with voice recognition?<div><br></div><div><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div>Regards</div><div>Jonathan Aquilina</div></span> </div> <br><div><div>On May 7, 2012, at 5:23 PM, <a href="mailto:goof@coppernet.zm" target="_blank">goof@coppernet.zm</a> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Excellent. Thanks for the clarifications.<div><br></div><div>Anthony</div><div><br><br><hr><b>From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>"Dennis Baudys" <<a href="mailto:thecondor@arcor.de" target="_blank">thecondor@arcor.de</a>><br><b>To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b><a href="mailto:goof@coppernet.zm" target="_blank">goof@coppernet.zm</a><br><b>Cc:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b><a href="mailto:ubuntu-translators@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">ubuntu-translators@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br><b>Sent:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Monday, May 7, 2012 3:44:53 PM<br><b>Subject:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Re: Who speaks Frist: Human or Computer<br><br>Am Montag, den 07.05.2012, 15:27 +0200 schrieb<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:goof@coppernet.zm" target="_blank">goof@coppernet.zm</a>:<br>> Hi Dennis<br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> So in German, you just state an action to be performed as a way of<br>> avoiding the use of Du or Sie?<br><br>Yes. »Du« will _never_ be used. »Sie« will be avoided wherever possible<br>(with very few exemptions like dialog prompts and user instructions in<br>manuals etc.).<br><br>> When you see a menu item "Datei öffnen" does it give a sense that the<br>> human expects the computer to Open the file while the computer quietly<br>> goes ahead and carries out the request?<br><br>Exactly.<br><br>> Is there a distinction with social 'behaviour' in this manner of<br>> acting such that the people expect that this is only ok if dealing<br>> with a computer?<br><br>Correct. People do not talk like this to each other. This is only used<br>in interactions with machines (however this is a high standard that not<br>all translators of Software besides Ubuntu follow in the wild).<br><br>Regards,<br><br>--<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Dennis Baudys<br><br> email:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:thecondor@arcor.de" target="_blank">thecondor@arcor.de</a><br> GPG key-ID: E4A9FB08<br>fingerprint: CB9A 86FF 1C20 0426 3912<br> 0276 3A78 E23F E4A9 FB08<br><br>Prüfer im deutschen Ubuntu-Übersetzer-Team<br><br> launchpad: ~thecondordb<br></div></div>--<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>ubuntu-translators mailing list<br><a href="mailto:ubuntu-translators@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">ubuntu-translators@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-translators" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-translators</a><br></div></span></blockquote></div><br></div></div></div></body></html>