Bug#382341: INTL:vi

[Clytie Siddall <clytie@riverland.net.au>]

On 13/08/2006, at 4:43 AM, Steve Langasek wrote:

> On Sat, Aug 12, 2006 at 02:29:06PM +0930, Clytie Siddall wrote:
>
> > > retitle 382341 Typos/errors in the installation guide
> > > thanks
>
> > > > - voila
> > > > + voilà
>
> > > Using non-ASCII in the original English version is likely to create
> > > some problems with PO files handling, os I'd recommend changing this
> > > with caution even if it's certainly correct as the English speakers
> > > have stolen that word from my language..:-)
>
> > How about a recommendation not to use words from another language
> > unless you can write them properly?
>
>   http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=voila
>
> Given that such words can be found in English dictionaries, that's  
> not a
> very useful recommendation.
As a linguist, I am aware that incorrect forms of words can be  
variants in some use. I'd still strongly advise either using the  
correctly-spelt form of the word, or not using it at all. Translators  
are not expecting incorrect forms in the original strings. We have  
enough difficulty with the wild variety of vocabulary and syntax used  
in original strings, without having to cope with incorrect forms of  
loan words (entire words borrowed from another language).

from Clytie (vi-VN, Vietnamese free-software translation team / nhóm  
Việt hóa phần mềm tự do)
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/vi-VN