On Fri, 2006-03-10 at 14:05 -0600, Shaun McCance wrote: > On Mon, 2006-03-06 at 23:57 +0800, Davyd Madeley wrote: > > Ok guys and gals. I am announcing a preliminary draft of the release > > notes for 2.14. We now require proof readers for spelling, grammar and > > technical correctness. > > > > The latest committed version is online at: > > http://www.gnome.org/start/2.14/notes/C/index.html > > > > You can also check out the release notes from CVS: > > http://cvs.gnome.org/viewcvs/gnomeweb-wml/www.gnome.org/start/2.14/notes/docbook/C/ > > > > We are using gnome-doc-utils for translation. I hope the translators > > know how to get all of that working, because I have no idea. > > > > Warning, I AM AN AUSTRALIAN, SPELLINGS MAY BE CONSIDERED INCORRECT. My > > grammar is also pretty appalling. Please send through corrections for > > these. Feel free to correct minor spelling mistakes yourself. > > > > Discussion should happen on list as appropriate or on the IRC channel > > #release-notes on irc.gnome.org. > > Way later than I'd hoped to provide this, but I've > attached a diff with some small changes. This is > strictly copy editing; I didn't touch content. > > Basically, the diff says this:
Seems you forgot to add the diff, Shaun... Bob > * I am a religious supporter of the serial comma. Googling > for support brought up this very succinct argument: > http://www.getitwriteonline.com/archive/021201.htm > > * The GDP Style Guide says "file system". > > * "Shutdown" is a noun. "Shut down" is a verb. > > * Some compound adjectives needed hyphenating. > > * Germans capitalize every last noun, but we don't. > > * Nautilus is referred to everywhere (inclding throughout > this document) as the file manager. So a lone reference > to the file browser seemed out of place. > > * A few commas were missing, not just the serial type. > > This is great work, Davyd. > > -- > Shaun > > -- Bob Kashani GARNOME Project http://www.gnome.org/projects/garnome _______________________________________________ gnome-i18n mailing list gnome-i18n@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-i18n
