Re: [RFC] request for advice on english strings
Thomas Backlund <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.mandrake.cooker.internationalization |
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Marek Laane skrev: > Ühel kenal päeval (kolmapäev 17 jaanuar 2007 1:45 pm) kirjutas Thierry > Vignaud: > >> Nicolas Bauer <[email protected]> writes: >> >>>>> - "I can not find any room for installing" >>>>> >>>>> shouldn't we rewrite it somewhat like "Impossible to find any room >>>>> for installing"? >>>>> >>>> Yes, or "There is no room for installing" or "There seems to be no room >>>> for installing" >>>> But maybe "space" is better than "room"? >>>> >>> space sounds better >>> >> so "There is no space for installing" >> >> >>>>> - "There is no existing partition to use" >>>>> >>>>> shouldn't we rewrite it like "There is no availlable existing >>>>> partition to use"? >>>>> >>>> availlable->available and no need for "existing", I think >>>> >>> This too >>> >> "There is no available existing partition to use" >> >> everybody agree on these? >> stew, you're a native english speaker, do you bless these changes? >> > > Well, I'm not a native English speaker but IMHO it seems weird to > have "available" and "existing" in one sentence... > > I'd use : "There is no existing partition available to use"