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Bug#727680: “Yes, do as I say!“ sounds odd



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Le 26/10/2013 03:45, Christian PERRIER a écrit :
> Quoting David Prévot (taffit@debian.org):

>> P.-S. : trying hard not to go the nitpicking way of challenging « je
>> vous dis » for a typing interface ;-).
> 
> Oh, yes! Please challenge that wording. I hate it for years (including
> the English version, indeed) and probably just need a few more people
> to also hate it, to have it changed..:-)

“Yes, do as I say!“ could simply be “Yes, really do that.”, that should
be enough given the context:

> You are about to do something potentially harmful.
> To continue type in the phrase […]

If we want to be louder about it, something like “Yes, I do understand
this can be harmful.” could be used.


The French version could go that way without waiting for a change in the
English version: « Oui, vraiment procéder. » or « Oui, vraiment réaliser
l’action demandée. », that should fit in the current context:

> Vous êtes sur le point de faire quelque chose de potentiellement dangereux
> Pour continuer, tapez la phrase […]

I’m not totally convinced that « procéder » is meaningful enough, we
could continue on the French nitpicking^Wl10n list to gather more ideas.

Regards

David

P.-S.: #691024 already raised that issue last year ;).


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