Re: [RFC] request for advice on english strings

Thomas Backlund <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.mandrake.cooker.internationalization
Message-ID <[email protected]>
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"
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