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Patrick, |
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On 06/17/10 18:21, Patrick Lauer wrote: |
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> Now of course this will cause friction. I've noticed it especially with |
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> germanic and slavic languages that are more terse than english. |
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> For example "Sit down!" is acceptable in all situations in german, |
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maybe acceptable, sure not polite or friendly. |
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> You can extrapolate the friction this can and will cause. So unless |
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> someone actively personally insults me I'll just assume it got lost in |
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> translation. |
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I understand "extrapolating friction" as having the receiver fixing |
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potential miscommunication. Is that what you meant? While it may work |
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for you it's an inversion of responsibility again to me. I want Gentoo |
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to be attractive to users without that skill, too. |
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> And there's little we can do about it because many people |
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> don't notice these translation issues or don't know english well enough |
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> to express themselves with the needed refinement. |
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Things we can do include raising awareness and keep trying. |
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> So let's not get too hung up on single words, stop |
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> floodmailing and resume fixing bugs, mmmhkay? |
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Are you asking me to shut up? |
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In case floodmailing refers to me: I'm not done yet. |
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We have more or less ignored non-technical issues for quite some time |
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concentrating on technical issues as that's easier. The thing is: |
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Technical things work much better in Gentoo than non-technical things. |
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Let me repeat: Technical is not our main problem. |
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Best, |
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Sebastian |
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