Re: Re: Suggestion: non-translatables
Ian Formanek <[email protected]>
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Hmm, the title is usually a part that does not get translated (like localized "Time" magazine or "National Geographic"), but it is an interesting question what to do if the english title suggests soemthing bad in the local language. Vincent, do you feel it is so bad that we should be going through the localizing of the title? -Ian Vincent Brabant wrote: > Tim Boudreau a écrit : > >> On Wed, 2003-11-19 at 11:24, Jack Catchpoole wrote: >> >>> On Tue, 2003-11-18 at 23:57, Vincent Brabant wrote: >>> >>> >>>> What's your translation of Sprout in russian? >>>> Any idea what's the meaning of Sprout in english ? >>> >>> >>> The verb "to sprout" means something like to grow, >>> send out new growth. The noun, "a sprout", is one >>> of those new fresh growths. Eg a seed will sprout >>> in spring, and the small green thing that sticks >>> out of the ground is a sprout. >> >> >> >> As in a bean sprout... >> >> (popular in salads...) >> >> -Tim >> >> > The reason why I asked the meaning of Sprout is the fact that Sprout > in englisk is very similar to a french word "prout". And in french, a > prout can be define like 'the noise that is produced by somes people's > bottom' (I hope that you understand what I mean). > And so, I would like a better french word than Sprout for the monthly > newsletter. > > But it means also another GIF as title. The problem is that reference > to images are not in the XML file of sprout. So I can't point to > another gif by myself.