Fw: F9 and website translations

[Thomas Canniot]

We were talking about Fedora 9 website translation...

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Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 09:54:22 +0200
De: Thomas Canniot <thomas.canniot(a)mrtomlinux.org&gt;
À: fedora-trans-list(a)redhat.com
Sujet: Re: F9 and website translations


Le Thu, 8 May 2008 02:19:13 +0800,
"Guokai Han" <dev.hgk(a)gmail.com&gt; a écrit :

>  3.What means "Make waves" in "Fedora 9.  Make
> waves."? "兴风作浪"? 
I personaly don't really like this "make waves" as it is a negative
expression : "to shock or upset people with something new or
different." [1]

Do we really want people to say Fedora 9 upset me ? I don't think so :)
Could it be "the new wave" instead ?

Thomas

[Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams]

On Sat, 2008-05-10 at 19:13 +0200, Thomas Canniot wrote:
>  We were talking about Fedora 9 website translation...
>  
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>  
>  Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 09:54:22 +0200
>  De: Thomas Canniot <thomas.canniot(a)mrtomlinux.org&gt;
>  À: fedora-trans-list(a)redhat.com
>  Sujet: Re: F9 and website translations
>  
>  
>  Le Thu, 8 May 2008 02:19:13 +0800,
>  "Guokai Han" <dev.hgk(a)gmail.com&gt; a écrit :
>  
>  > 3.What means "Make waves" in "Fedora 9.  Make waves."?
> "兴风作浪"?
>  
>  I personaly don't really like this "make waves" as it is a negative
>  expression : "to shock or upset people with something new or
>  different." [1]
>  
>  Do we really want people to say Fedora 9 upset me ? I don't think so :)
>  Could it be "the new wave" instead ? 
"Making waves" is only negative if change is negative. Its full meaning
is "Act as an agent for change".

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Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ivazqueznet(a)gmail.com&gt;

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[Teseu]

To translate to Brazilian Portuguese we have many ideas and a good
discussion. We agreed that the original meaning and common sense would be
the best solution, because just say "making waves" in Portuguese is not what
the slogan is saying in English.

I think just like Ignacio, it's negative only if the changing is negative,
and all changes brings some disturbance and always people who don't want it.
It's the way the things are, but this is a good change and we have to show
this.

Regards

2008/5/10 Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ivazqueznet(a)gmail.com&gt;:

>  On Sat, 2008-05-10 at 19:13 +0200, Thomas Canniot wrote:
>  > We were talking about Fedora 9 website translation...
>  >
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>  >
>  > Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 09:54:22 +0200
>  > De: Thomas Canniot <thomas.canniot(a)mrtomlinux.org&gt;
>  > À: fedora-trans-list(a)redhat.com
>  > Sujet: Re: F9 and website translations
>  >
>  >
>  > Le Thu, 8 May 2008 02:19:13 +0800,
>  > "Guokai Han" <dev.hgk(a)gmail.com&gt; a écrit :
>  >
>  > > 3.What means "Make waves" in "Fedora 9.  Make waves."?
> "兴风作浪"?
>  >
>  > I personaly don't really like this "make waves" as it is a negative
>  > expression : "to shock or upset people with something new or
>  > different." [1]
>  >
>  > Do we really want people to say Fedora 9 upset me ? I don't think so :)
>  > Could it be "the new wave" instead ?
>
>  "Making waves" is only negative if change is negative. Its full meaning
>  is "Act as an agent for change".
>
>  --
>  Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ivazqueznet(a)gmail.com&gt;
>
>  PLEASE don't CC me; I'm already subscribed
>
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