[haiku-doc] Re: Translating the untranslatable
- From: "Humdinger" <humdingerb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-doc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:34:46 +0100
-- Loïc, on Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:11:43 +0100:
> imho : 2 rules
> 1 : keep the words appearing in the panels and windows
> 2 : Make sence ! Even if you use very different words* .
Right. I'd stress nr. 2.
Sometimes it's really needed to move away a fair bit from the English
text. Some things just don't work in another language. If a lame pun
becomes even more feeble in a translation, you should restrain
yourself, even if the original author, sadly, couldn't...
Regards,
Humdinger
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