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["Jorge G. Mare (a.k.a. Koki)" <koki@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ivan Vodopiviz wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I plan to translate the wallpaper/flyers/everything regarding the 
> artwork to spanish as soon as I have some spare time. But I have a question:
> Taking the wallpaper as an example, should I translate the "Operating 
> System" string when its located right after the Haiku logo? In spanish, 
> I should translate it to Sistema Operativo, so it would be "Haiku SO", 
> and could lead to confusion with the website URL (Haiku SO <--> 
> haiku-os.org <http://haiku-os.org>). Should I keep it in english?
The purpose of this material is to raise awareness of what Haiku is. 
With regards to whether translating something to their language or 
leaving it in English serves this purpose better, I will just trust the 
judgment of those who know their local culture.
If you feel that it is better to use SISTEMA OPERATIVO, that's fine. 
There may be countries where people are comfortable with (or even 
prefer) using the English, and that's fine too. Whatever works better in 
each particular case it the best, IMHO.
I would not worry too much about the use of Spanish potentially creating 
confusion with the URL either. If using Spanish is better to get the 
message across as to what Haiku is, then Spanish it should be. :)
Cheers,

Koki

> On 8/30/07, *Jorge G. Mare (a.k.a . Koki)* <koki@xxxxxxxxxxx 
> <mailto:koki@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>     Howdy,
>
>     With the purpose of helping the community give exposure and promote
>     Haiku at community events, open source conferences, trade shows, user
>     group meetings and other similar events (and just for the fun of it
>     too), I have setup the following page to make available for download
>     Haiku-related promotional material:
>
>     http://myhaiku.org/haiku-related-artwork
>
>     At the moment, the page contains the Haiku flyer that was put together
>     for FalterCon and the Haiku poster recently circulated in this mailing
>     list. More will be gradually added as it becomes available.
>
>     All the artwork in this page is released under a Creative Commons
>     Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 license, so feel free to share
>     and remix provided that you follow the conditions of the CC license:
>
>     http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
>     <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/>
>
>     Also, if you create derivatives, I would appreciate if you let me know,
>     so that I can link to your work (or I can post it on my blog; your
>     choice).
>
>     Translations are also welcome and encouraged. All the graphics are
>     available in SVG format, so they can be easily edited any vector
>     graphics editor. Alternatively, I could do the editing for you, provided
>     that you send me all the translated text.
>
>     BTW, the Haiku poster will be available on the Haiku Store at
>     CafePress,
>     hopefully some time next week.
>
>     Cheers,
>
>     Koki
>
>
>
>
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