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Re: Request for proofreading



Damyan Ivanov <dam@modsoftsys.com> wrote:
> Please help proofreading the debconf template for firebird2.
> It is nice and short (5 strings, 106 words).

Please don't make it harder by gzip+base64'ing it!  Here it is in text
for all:

# SOME DESCRIPTIVE TITLE.
# Copyright (C) YEAR THE PACKAGE'S COPYRIGHT HOLDER
# This file is distributed under the same license as the PACKAGE package.
# FIRST AUTHOR <EMAIL@ADDRESS>, YEAR.
#
#, fuzzy
msgid ""
msgstr ""
"Project-Id-Version: PACKAGE VERSION\n"
"Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: pkg-firebird-general@lists.alioth.debian.org\n"
"POT-Creation-Date: 2006-12-03 21:42+0200\n"
"PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
"Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
"Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=CHARSET\n"
"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"

#. Type: password
#. Description
#. Type: password
#. Description
#: ../firebird2-classic-server.templates:1001
#: ../firebird2-classic-server.templates:2001
msgid "Password for SYSDBA:"
msgstr ""

#. Type: password
#. Description
#. Type: password
#. Description
#: ../firebird2-classic-server.templates:1001
#: ../firebird2-classic-server.templates:2001
msgid ""
"Firebird has a special user named SYSDBA, which is the user that has access "
"to all databases. SYSDBA can also create new databases and users. Because of "
"this, it is necessary to secure SYSDBA with a password."
msgstr ""

#. Type: password
#. Description
#. Type: password
#. Description
#: ../firebird2-classic-server.templates:1001
#: ../firebird2-classic-server.templates:2001
msgid ""
"The password is stored in /etc/firebird2/SYSDBA.password (readable only by "
"root). You may modify it there (don't forget to update the security database "
"too, using the gsec utility), or you may use dpkg-reconfigure to update both."
msgstr ""

#. Type: password
#. Description
#: ../firebird2-classic-server.templates:1001
msgid ""
"If you don't enter a password, a random one will be used (and stored in "
"SYSDBA.password)."
msgstr ""

#. Type: password
#. Description
#: ../firebird2-classic-server.templates:2001
msgid "To keep your existing password, leave this blank."
msgstr ""


Here are my suggested changes:

# Fill out the header.

# Remove some words to simplify phrases.  Remove passive voice.
s/, which is the user //
s/Because of //
s/this, it is necessary to secure SYSDBA/So, SYSDBA is secured/

# Minor verb choice.  Remove passive voice.
s/a random one will be used (and /this will create a random one (/

# Rearrange to simplify phrase structure.
s/To keep your existing password, leave this blank./Leave this blank to keep your existing password./

Hope that helps,
-- 
MJR/slef
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