[Matroska-devel] Japanese translations

[Liisachan]

Hi,

> The usual rule : if it ain't broken, don't fix it. This thing is not 
> displayed, it's just some server-side code.

Another usual rule: keep out of harm's way. Just because no one 
is likely to witness it now, doesn't justify it forever.

It might have been broken already if the translators had been 
more sensitive. Isn't this supposed to be an open-source project 
where anyone can join anytime? like memory leak, this could be 
potentially risky, at least indecent, even tho things may look 
like working now, ad hoc.

for the record i warned you: Telling someone from Japan to 
add the comment "jap" to his/her work is like asking someone 
from Mexico to identify himself as "wetback."

Personally _I_ don't mind, but I can foresee that nothing good 
will come out of this when more people from Japan happen to join 
you. It may happen if Matroska goes on for a few more years.
Or maybe not.

Liisachan


Steve Lhomme <steve.lhomme at free.fr> wrote:

> Liisachan a ecrit :
> > Hi,
> > 
> > This might be very trivial, I don't mean to be picky,
> > but it'd be advisable to use "jpn" instead of "jap" to avoid any 
> > possible misunderstanding.
> 
> The usual rule : if it ain't broken, don't fix it. This thing is not 
> displayed, it's just some server-side code.
> 
> > ordinary people (including myself) usually don't care,
> > but technically, "jap" is *doubly* offensive slang
> > meaning:
> > 
> >  (a) "Japanese"
> > http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/jap?view=uk
> > 
> > and
> > (b) "Jewish woman"
> > http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/dictionary/DictionaryResults.aspx?refid=1861622917
> > 
> > I guess that's why the ISO 3-letter code is JPN,
> > for "political correctness."
> 
> I hate these 2 words together. I prefer the real world ;)
> 
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