Gudmund Areskoug wrote: > Hello, > > 2008/10/30 F Wolff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> On Do, 2008-10-30 at 13:27 +0700, Theppitak Karoonboonyanan wrote: >>> Dear gnome-i18n, >>> >>> I believe this is an appropriate place to discuss about cultural >>> conventions. >>> >>> How is a foot interpreted in your culture? Do you have the same >>> issue I have met? In my culture, showing foot is considered rude. >>> And the foot is not something to impress people who are totally new >>> to GNOME. > > just FWIW, the foot is or has been considered rude or even a heavy > insult (duel fodder) in a number of cultures.
There's little information in that sentence without backing it up with real names and (hopefully) evidence. behdad >> I assume that culturally sensitive graphical design is hard, and I guess >> you are used to simply taking what you get as a Thai translator. If we >> say we are an international group, we should try to accommodate this >> difference as much as we work on text layout, GUI translation, date >> formats, etc. > > Agree, but partly, like Matej says, it's in the eye of the beholder, > and partly it's a matter of resources. > > I think no alternative logos will appear until people start submitting them. > >> I think I know of at least one team that doesn't translate and promote >> Firefox under that brand, since the fox is considered negative in their >> culture - I guess for Mozilla there is too much in that brand to dilute >> it, but they lost that team (in as far as I know). > > This is a pity and if true even a bit silly. The firefox isn't a fox, > it's a panda: > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Panda> > > This is the animal that would turn up all across the field, before > Mozilla Firefox popularity overwhelmed all the search engines. > > BR, > Gudmund > _______________________________________________ > gnome-i18n mailing list > gnome-i18n@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-i18n > _______________________________________________ gnome-i18n mailing list gnome-i18n@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-i18n
