[pmmail-list] German, French, Spanish versions (was: Install 2.20.2200)

[Henk Hendriks]

On Mon, 12 Mar 2001 11:11:36 -0800, Warner Young wrote:

>Having worked on the developer side and having had to deal with
>translation services, I've found that the problem is *usually* a lack
>of context.  The translator doesn't have to have experience with the
>type of software, if the developer can provide some context for all the
>words to translate.

Exactly. More often than not you get to translate a list of strings extracted from the software, 
without any context at all. Very often the software is still under development and the 
translator is not allowed access to it. Which makes life very difficult (if you're a translator).

Henk

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