Re: F9 and website translations

[Thomas Canniot]

Le Thu, 8 May 2008 15:51:43 +0300,
"Dimitris Glezos" <dimitris(a)glezos.com&gt; a écrit :

>  On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 10:54 AM, Thomas Canniot
>  <thomas.canniot(a)mrtomlinux.org&gt; wrote:
>  > 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 ?
>  
>  I guess this should come up on the -marketing-list.
>  
>  In terms of this group, I encourage everyone to adapt the phrase as
>  they like in their language, if the phrase doesn't make sense in your
>  local language and idioms. I'd say change it completely if you think
>  it's best. That's why we call it "localization" and not just
>  "translation" right? :-) 
You're riht of course

>  
>  In Greek I transferred it as "Waves of change".
>  
>  -d 
In French I translted it "the New Wave"

Thomas