On Tue, 14 Jan 2003, Arik Baratz wrote: > Richard Stallman wrote: > > > Thanks for translating it for me. Does the article really refer to > > the system the first time as "Linux"? > > > I'm afraid so. They write Linux in Hebrew, which is > Lamed-Yod-Nun-Vav-Kof-Samech. They didn't add GNU. The name is written as GNU/Linux (Latin letters) pretty far down the article, in the sentence that specifies that calling the system by this name is a precondition for the interview. Project GNU on its own is mentioned in the first section (8th par.) Whenever GNU is mentioned, it's in Latin letters. I'd find it odd to it transliterated. Acronyms rarely are. Unless there's a commonly used translation for the acronym.
>Now that you mention > it, I have never seen the combination GNU/Linux in Hebrew anywhere. > > A quick Hebrew google search (http://www.google.co.il) finds only 3 > hits. 2 are in the www.whatsup.org.il - one is an interview with you, > and one is a rant about how nobody in the IBM conference used GNU/Linux > for their presentaions. The other hit is in a site called > www.pcmaster.co.il and it looks like a GNU/Linux primer. And they put > the GNU after the Linux, so it looks like Linux/GNU. > > Have a safe and easy flight! Take care, > > -- Arik -- Thanks, Uri http://translation.israel.net ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
