Re: Which form of “You” Formal or F riendly?

Hi!
I had the same problem, so I browsed some phorums in our language 
(slovak) and I found out that our translation community made following 
decisions:
... to speak to the user, it is recommended in FORMAL ways and infinitiv 
(that is mostly because of the differences in informal speaking to man 
and woman)
...actions in menus should be translated in infinitiv (it is difficult 
to explain it in english, something like not "Open", but "To open", you 
see, it depends on the grammar rules) and there is also a note: titles 
of windows could be in present continuous tense (e.g. 
Searching-Hladanie) but the label of the buttons in infinitiv again 
(Search-Hladat)

You know, it is because of our language, it is nice to use it correctly, 
especially in translation community :)

[email protected]  wrote / napísal(a):
> The English language has just one form of the word “You”. 
>
> Most other European languages have two - 
> ... informal (“Tu” in French and Spanish) 
> ... formal / plural “Vous” (French) “Usted” (Spanish)
>
> I am translating LimeWire to Welsh - we have both forms. 
> I have used the informal.
>
> I was wondering how which form of “you” is used most in other
> languages to translate LimeWire ... and why? 
>
> Best wishes
> Huw
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