Re: [RFR] templates://postfix/{templates}
On Sun, Apr 22, 2007 at 09:50:49AM +0200, Christian Perrier wrote:
> Lamont, please also review the proposed changes yourself if you have
> time for this. I have plenty of them...and you might not agree with
> some. Please keep debian-l10n-english@lists.debian.org in answers. See
> the end of this mail for a general and some detailed rationales.
Attached diff between your file, and the one I plan to upload, with
comments.
> - I noticed that lamont often does not use articles. This hurts my
> French sensitivity but I left several of them unchanged. Please comment.
And you'll see that I removed some articles where they aren't
appropriate in english...
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Template: postfix/kernel_version_warning
Type: boolean
-_Description: Too old kernel. Install postfix anyway?
+_Description: Unsupported kernel. Install postfix anyway?
"Too old kernel" is bad english. Either "Kernel is too old", or "Too
old of a kernel"
Internet site:
- The mail is sent and received directly using SMTP.
+ Mail is sent and received directly using SMTP.
Internet site using smarthost:
- The mail is received directly using SMTP or by running a utility such
+ Mail is received directly using SMTP or by running a utility such
as fetchmail. Outgoing mail is sent using a smarthost.
Satellite system:
All mail is sent to another machine, called a "smarthost", for delivery.
Local delivery only:
- The only delivered mail is the mail for local users.
+ The only delivered mail is the mail for local users. There is no network.
"The mail" reads strangely in english.
Template: postfix/not_configured
Type: error
@@ -148,15 +86,12 @@
.
For example, if a mail address on the local host is foo@domain.example,
then the correct value for this option would be domain.example.
- .
- This name won't appear on From: lines of outgoing mails if rewriting
- is enabled.
What exactly does this sentence mean? I'm assuming you lifted it from
exim4, since it's not correct for Postfix...
Template: postfix/destinations
Type: string
_Description: Other destinations to accept mail for (blank for none):
- Please give a comma-separated list of domains that this machine
- should consider itself the final destination for. If this is a mail
+ Please give a comma-separated list of domains for which this machine
+ should consider itself the final destination. If this is a mail
domain gateway, you probably want to include the top-level domain.
As long as we're cleaning up, let's not end sentenses with prepositions.
- Please choose the character that will be sued to define a local address
+ Please choose the character that will be used to define a local address
Typo.
- The recipient delimiter must be a single character while "${enteredstring}"
+ The recipient delimiter must be a single character. "${enteredstring}"
is what you entered.
If the 'while' really wants to be there, it needs at least a semicolon
in front of it.
- Please specify the network blocks which this host should relay mail for.
+ Please specify the network blocks for which this host should relay mail.
prepositions again.
- To use the postfix default (which is based on the connected networks), enter
+ To use the postfix default (which is based on the connected subnets), enter
A slightly more correct sentence, which I should have corrected earlier.
thoughts?
lamont
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