The patches only affect code comments so no translation needed. On Wed, 19 Apr 2017 at 15:12 Philippe Blouin <philippe.blo...@inlibro.com> wrote:
> How many of "these" are there to change? Not that the work itself will be > massive, but putting a 'they' in the middle of a sentence does not make it > easy to translate intuitively, I would think. If it's a consideration (it > is for non-English users, at least). > > > Philippe Blouin, > Responsable du développement informatique > > Tél. : (888) 604-2627 > philippe.blo...@inlibro.com > inLibro | pour esprit libre | www.inLibro.com > On 04/19/2017 01:16 PM, Jonathan Druart wrote: > > The next step would be to provide a check to our QA tests to make sure we > will not introduce future occurrences. > I am pretty sure they will not be caught manually by QAers. > > On Wed, 19 Apr 2017 at 13:56 Eric Phetteplace <ephettepl...@cca.edu> > wrote: > >> Hi Paul, >> >> English has a singular "they". It doesn't suggest androgyny, either, from >> the definitions I've seen. For instance, Oxford English Dictionary: >> >> 2. In anaphoric reference to a singular noun or pronoun of undetermined >> gender: he or she. >> >> The first usage example OED provides is from 1375. I don't think >> replacing "he" with "she" addresses the problem, it's still assuming a >> default gender. It's not too much tricker to search code for he/him & >> replace with they/them but that's also just an implementation issue, not a >> policy one. >> >> >> It sounds like people are otherwise supportive but I'm not sure what the >> next step should be. >> >> Best, >> Eric Phetteplace >> Systems Librarian >> California College of the Arts >> libraries.cca.edu | vault.cca.edu >> 510.594.3660 >> 2>/dev/null >> >> On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 8:42 AM, Paul A <pau...@navalmarinearchive.com> >> wrote: >> >>> On 2017-04-18 08:25 PM, Eric Phetteplace wrote: >>> >>>> Hi list, >>>> >>>> I opened bug >>>> >>> [snip] >>> >>>> Before*:* >>>> >>> "Kid growing and become a juvenile, he should pay " >>> >>>> After: >>>> >>> "Kid growing and become a juvenile, they should pay " >>> >>> Political correctness has never been my strong point (although I try to >>> understand it), but I'm proficient in grammatical rigour. [1] >>> >>> "Kid" is a singular noun, "a" is a singular article -- "they" is a >>> plural pronoun. Perhaps replace "they" with "[s]he"? or "Kids growing and >>> becoming juveniles, they should pay"? >>> >>> From a code maintenance p.o.v., it's easier to find and replace 'he' >>> with '[s]he' if really this becomes a priority for Koha. >>> >>> Best -- Paul >>> >>> [1] I am aware of the so-called "singular third person epicene 'they'", >>> but academically object to it -- it often suggests androgyny rather than >>> gender neutrality. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Koha-devel mailing list >>> Koha-devel@lists.koha-community.org >>> http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel >>> website : http://www.koha-community.org/ >>> git : http://git.koha-community.org/ >>> bugs : http://bugs.koha-community.org/ >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Koha-devel mailing list >> Koha-devel@lists.koha-community.org >> http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel >> website : http://www.koha-community.org/ >> git : http://git.koha-community.org/ >> bugs : http://bugs.koha-community.org/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Koha-devel mailing > listkoha-de...@lists.koha-community.orghttp://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel > website : http://www.koha-community.org/ > git : http://git.koha-community.org/ > bugs : http://bugs.koha-community.org/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Koha-devel mailing list > Koha-devel@lists.koha-community.org > http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel > website : http://www.koha-community.org/ > git : http://git.koha-community.org/ > bugs : http://bugs.koha-community.org/
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