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diff --git a/zarb-ml/mageia-i18n/attachments/20101221/f4fb7e26/attachment.html b/zarb-ml/mageia-i18n/attachments/20101221/f4fb7e26/attachment.html new file mode 100644 index 000000000..26c3184dd --- /dev/null +++ b/zarb-ml/mageia-i18n/attachments/20101221/f4fb7e26/attachment.html @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2010/12/21 Wolfgang Bornath <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:molch.b@googlemail.com">molch.b@googlemail.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> +In the German team meeting we stumbled over a problem which may not<br> +apply to many other languages, especially not to English: the<br> +difference between "you" and "you" :)<br> +Meaning the way to address the readers of Mageia website, either with<br> +the friend-to-friend informal "Du" (French "tu") or with the formal<br> +"Sie" (French "vous").<br> +<br> +We looked at Debian as another community project, they are using the<br> +formal adress on their German website, same with KDE and openSUSE.<br> +<br> +My proposal (which reached a 5:2 result in a short poll of 7 meeting<br> +participants) was:<br> +<br> +1. On the website which is the official presentation of the<br> +organisation use the formal approach.<br> +2. In the wiki, which is the community environment, use the informal approach.<br> +<br> +It may sound a small thing for foreigners but it is a question for<br> +Germans. How does Mageia.org want to be seen from the outside. Pls<br> +keep in mind that the official website will not be read only by<br> +community people but also by people who do not belong to communities<br> +or are not familiar with the informal way.<br> +<br> +WDYT?<br> +<font color="#888888"><br> +--<br> +wobo<br> +</font></blockquote></div><br><div>Seems reasonable. In fact, Estonian has same difference (informal "sina" and formal "teie") and it makes all sense to differentiate wording on more formal website and more informal wiki.</div> |