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Re: New Debian machine for archive mirror announcement ready: please review and translate



Francesca Ciceri <madamezou@debian.org>
> I'd appreciate a lot reviews and translations.

Taken from http://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/publicity/announcements/en/2012/2012-02-18-klecker.wml

Says:
## When is this announcement likely to be send out?  Please keep in mind,
Should say (typo or tense):
## When is this announcement likely to be sent out?  Please keep in mind,

Says:
The Debian Project is pleased to announce that, with the help of 
<i>Studenten Net Twente (SNT)</i> and <i>HP</i>, the hardware behind
<q>ftp.debian.org</q> has recently been replaced. 
Could say (make it flow better):
The Debian Project is pleased to announce that the hardware behind
<q>ftp.debian.org</q> has recently been replaced with the help of 
<i>Studenten Net Twente (SNT)</i> and <i>HP</i>.

Says:
<q>The amount of new architectures added to Debian recently and the fact
Could say (better noun):
<q>The number of new architectures added to Debian recently and the fact

Says:
at University of Twente has a long tradition for the Debian Project.</q>,
Could say (better verb):
at University of Twente is a long tradition for the Debian Project.</q>,

Says:
managing servers and other services and therefore we kindly host `kassia`, 
Note:
Strangely, to my en_GB ear, "kindly" there sounds boastful/immodest
but I don't want to mess with someone's quote.

Says:
SNT maintains an FTP mirror for major open source projects such as Firefox
Should say (be more inclusive):
SNT maintains an FTP mirror for major free and open source software projects such as Firefox

Says:
the largest and most influential open source projects.  Thousands of
Should say (be more inclusive):
the largest and most influential free and open source software projects.  Thousands of

Hope that helps,
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MJR/slef
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