Re: Reg. danish translation

I asked a danish friend of mine and he told me that:

available =3D tilg=E6ngelig
idle =3D inaktiv
away =3D v=E6k

Yours sincerely
     Andreas G.

Am 30.04.2005 um 18:22 schrieb Michael Zachariassen Krog:

> Hi Guys.
>
> 'Idle' in fire=B4s danish translation is 'ledig', which is wrong.
> I took a dictionary and it says that 'idle' means 'ledig' in danish,
> but its more in the 'available' kinda sense.
>
> For an example. If I were to say:
> "I am available"
>
> I would translate it to:
> "Jeg er ledig"
>
> ...in other words, when people on my buddylist
> in fire is 'idle', the danish translation gives the
> impression that the buddy is available and waiting
> for your call(chat).
>
> The best translation of the word 'idle' is 'v=E6k'(Away),
> as danish does not seem to have a word equal to
> 'idle'.
>
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