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Re: Re^2: Debian Metadata Proposal -- draft rev.1.4



Marco Budde wrote:
...
  >MB> > !!  Duh!  That's a good point!  I guess you're right that there's no
  >MB> > point on translating the title of an english document into German, is
  >MB> > there?
  >MB> I think it is a very good idea to translate the title of a document.
  >
  >No, it#s a bad idea. Why should we should the user a German title if the  
  >document is in English? If he don#t understand English, he can#t read the  
  >document, so why do we need a German title?

I can see the point of having an English title for a German document.

This could be useful to an English administrator organising documents
whose text is in German.  The English title lets the administrator know
what documents he has provided in German translation.

Of course, the document would need to have a German title as well.

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