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Package Descriptions - Translation of English Acronyms



Sometimes an English short package description is a proper name, explaining
everything for the native speaker. Or the SD contains the proper name,
explaining the acronym.

If the SD is not translated, the information-seeking user could expect an
English description. But he can throw the name into the search engine.

 * If the SD is translated, this can be helpful for the inexperienced user.
* If the SD ist translated, it might be harder to consult a search engine or
   Wikipedia.

What is your team's procedure in such cases? What is the advice of *the*
native linguist? (I believe that sometime ago  he had already answered this
question :_()

Martin


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