On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 9:51 PM, Petr Kovar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Theppitak Karoonboonyanan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Sun, 2 Nov 2008 02:10:32 > +0700: > >> On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 1:34 AM, Petr Kovar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > "Theppitak Karoonboonyanan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Sat, 1 Nov 2008 >> > 14:00:06 +0700: >> > >> >> Let me add another difference between the direct logo localization >> >> and the icon theming methods. >> >> >> >> Many Thai users don't like to use Thai translation. This is a popular >> >> taste, despite how much translation effort and quality assurance has >> >> been done. And that's why I put lower priority on translation than >> >> infrastructure development. (I joined the team after having done enough >> >> progress on GTK+, Pango, etc.) >> >> >> >> And by this practice, the logo localization will have limited effect, >> >> while theming still allows Thai people who choose English locale to >> >> change the logo. >> >> >> >> In summary, I'd propose icon theming + GNOME recognition of the >> >> secondary logo. >> > >> > Let me ask you, those Thai people with such a non-Thai-locale taste >> > likely have a better understanding of English or Western culture, >> > right? (At least that's what I suppose.) So the foot logo shouldn't be >> > a big problem for them then? Please correct me if I'm wrong here. >> >> Nope.The taste is popular just because software are badly translated >> in general. And people feel more happy with original English terms >> than guessing the translators' whim on choosing inconsistent >> translated terms. Many are full with typos or misinterpretations, for >> example. Kind of bad impression. And that habit is not changed when >> they use GNOME, despite our heavy QA. >> >> There is nothing to do with English skill nor familiarity with Western >> cultures. > > Sorry, but I can't understand this. In my way of thinking, one has to have > rather good English skills in order to use (American) English locale. And > I'm pretty sure that good English skills necessarily come with some level > of familiarity with Western culture.
Not always true, here -in Egypt- most people prefere using English interfaces for reasons similar to that mentioned above, even if they don't understand most of it! Regards, -- Khaled _______________________________________________ gnome-i18n mailing list gnome-i18n@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-i18n
