<html><head><base href="x-msg://228/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">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">goof@coppernet.zm</a> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><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">thecondor@arcor.de</a>><br><b>To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b><a href="mailto:goof@coppernet.zm">goof@coppernet.zm</a><br><b>Cc:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b><a href="mailto:ubuntu-translators@lists.ubuntu.com">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">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">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">ubuntu-translators@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-translators">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-translators</a><br></div></span></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>