Re: [Needs proofread and translation] May newsletter
Ana Galan <[email protected]> Mon, 4 May 2026 14:16:27 +0200
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --===============7533056993791265266== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------PAj0K14Tthx0oPYjSIVKd5fr" Content-Language: en-US This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------PAj0K14Tthx0oPYjSIVKd5fr Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Thanks Richard for your fast proofread. I went through the changes and was preparing it. You can find it now in webpreview: https://webpreview.fsfe.org/cgi/fsfe.pl?pad=1631 As you can see I added a short quote at the beginning. Best, Ana On 01/05/2026 14:08, Richard L. Schmeidler wrote: > Thank you very much for this early version. As usual, I am attaching > an .odt version with my suggestions. And, also as usual, I must > report that it has been hurriedly prepared, primarily for my own use, > and that if there are discrepancies between it and the list of > suggestions in this message, the .odt version is probably incorrect > and the suggestions in this message are more likely correct. > > I am responding ASAP at an unusually early hour in the hope that > people will see this in Europe before they stop work for the weekend > (if they do stop work for the weekend). > > > 1. "One of them was the DMA , a legislation that is keeping us busy: > we are exposing how Apple keeps blocking third-party developers, > denying their interoperability requests." > > (a) Remove the space between "DMA" and the following comma. > > (b) Remove "a." English usage: "legislation" is not a "count > noun." One cannot have seven legislations. > > 2. "Meanwhile, we have monitored how Apple is implementingits > interoperability obligations under the DMA." Insert a space between > "implementing" and "its." > > 3. "Our recently released report “The challenges of regulating > interoperability. Analysing Apple’s request-based approach under the > Digital Markets Act” sheds lights on how Apple has handled those > requests in practice." > > (a) Replace the period (full stop) between "interoperability" and > "Analysing" with a colon. The first of the sentences in the cited > title is the actual title. The second sentence is a subtitle. In > English usage, a colon is used to separate a subtitle from a title. > > (b) Replace "lights" with "light." English usage. One says "sheds > llight" even when there are several different matters disclosed by the > illumination > > 4. "Our analysis shows how 56 interoperability requests under the > Digital Markets Act have produced no concrete solutions by Apple, and > how their declines contradict their own official documentation, > leaving third-party developers locked out of iOS and iPadOS, despite > European Commission’s latest specification decision." > > (a) Replace "declines" with "refusals" or "declinations." As a noun, > "decline" means a downward slope or a reduction in quantity, not a > refusal. (Take your pick between "refusals" and "declinations." I > prefer the shorter word. Other replacements are also possible.) > > (b) Insert "the" before "European." English usage. > > 5. "and how its enforcement in the DMA needs to empower Free Software > developers." I suggest replacing "needs" with "is needed." This > suggestion changes the meaning to what I think you intend, although it > is only a slight change. Saying "needs to empower" says that the > enforcement will necessarily have the effect of empowering. Saying > "is needed to empower" says that to have empowerment one must have > enforcement. (In case this is not clear, here is a parallel pair of > phrases, with a similar subtle change of meaning: "Cooking an egg > needs heat." "Heat is needed to cook an egg." The emphasis is > different.) > > 6. "Under these umbrella, the FSFE support to NGI0 grantee projects > on legal and licensing issues" > > (a) Replace "these" with "this." English grammar. "Umbrella" is > singular. > > (b) Replace "support to" with "supports." English grammar. A verb > is needed. > > 7. "Although this project is ending next year, we are also happy to > announced the new initiative that will follow its steps: the EU > project Restack." Replace "announced" with "announce." English grammar. > > 8. "Listen to the latest episode of our podcast in which Bonnie and > Gabriel discussed about NGI0, introduce Restack and explain why we > need sustainable long term funding for fostering the Free Software > ecosystem." > > (a) Replace "discussed" with "discuss." This is necessary to be > parallel to "introduce" and "explain." > > (b) Remove "about." English usage. A discussion is usually about > something. > > (c) Insert an Oxford comma after "Restack." This is for consistency > with other uses of the Oxford comma. > > 9. "If you know a Free Software project or you have an idea that can > contribute to an open, resilient, trustworthy, sustainable and > human-centered internet , you can still apply for NGIO funding: > https://nlnet.nl/funding.html" > > (a) Insert an Oxford comma after "sustainable." > > (b) Remove the space between "internet" and the following comma. > > (c) I suggest removing "still." I think that this strengthens the > advice, rather than emphasizing the timing of the opportunity. If > there is a deadline that is close, it would be better to mention it > explicitly. Some readers (like me) may be unfamiliar with this. > > (d) Replace "NGIO" with "NGI0." Previously, the last character was a > digit, not a capital letter. > > (e) I note that this sentence does not end with a period (full > stop). While this is technically grammatically incorrect, I am NOT > suggesting correction (although correction would also be sound). It > is good not to confuse the URL with following punctuation, and the > meaning is clear. (The same issue is present in the next paragraph.) > > 10. "Fifty episodes in, and it is your curiosity, your support, and > your commitment to software freedom that keeps this going." Replace > "keeps" with "keep." This verb has three subjects, so it should be > plural. > > 11. "But that is not all what has happened in the last weeks!" > Replace "what" with "that." English grammar or, more likely, just a > typing error. > > 12. "LLW, organised by the FSFE, continued to explore the evolving > legal landscapes impacting Free Software" Insert "The" before > "LLW." English usage. > > 13. "Ths event was, once again, possible thanks to our 2026 sponsors: > our Diamond sponsors Mercedes and Red Hat; the Sapphire sponsors > Amazon (AWS), Microsoft, and Siemens; Topaz sponsors Bosch, Ericsson, > and Google; and our Ruby sponsors Bird & Bird, Eclipse Foundation, and > Liferay." > > (a) Replace the first word, "Ths," with "This." > > (b) This is not an objection, just a comment, because I have not had > time to research the sponsor categories. The order seems strange. It > is my impression (confirmed by the "artificial idiocy" of an AI > internet search) that the typical order of value is diamond, ruby, > sapphire, and topaz, with topaz being only semi-precious. If the FSFE > does rank sapphires and even topazes above rubies, this text is correct. > > 14. "Not only at LLW we learned about legal topics." Replace "we > learned" with "did we learn." English usage. > > 15. "In the coming weeks, our Portuguese volunteers will be at the > Festival de Tecnologia Popular de Setúbal, the Tübingen Digital > Freedom Days, and more!" I suggest removing "Portugeuese." Of > course, if the volunteers from Portugal are going to travel the > approximately 2,000 kilometers to southern Germany, this suggestion > should not be followed. > > 16 "Recently, the Austrian Ministry of Education released an online > course about Ada & Zangemann with really cool exercises (and for > German students it can be also a great way to practice their German > skills with Ada)." > > (a) I suggest putting quotation marks around the title "Ada & > Zangemann." I presume that the course is about the book, not the girl > and the inventor. (In contrast, and amusingly, at the end of the > sentence, the students will figuratively be practicing their German > skills with the little girl. Or, depending on the age of the > students, with the big girl. 8-) ) > > (b) Replace "German students" with "students of German." The phrase > "German students" can refer to either the students' subject matter or > their nationality; correct the ambiguity. (The latter is more > likely. Many more people are German than there are who study the > language.) > > (c) I suggest Replacing "be also" with "also be." This is not wrong, > but "also be" is more natural English usage. > > > Thank you again for this early access to the draft of the newsletter. > > On Fri, May 1, 2026 at 5:16 AM Ana Galan <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear translators, > > even if the newsletter is not in its final version, I wanted to > share it with you as we didn't do it for the last ones. > > I am attaching the last version as an .odt. We will finish it on > Monday and might add one or two more small things (something about > our interns with a call to action to apply for an internship and > maybe a quote). I will keep you update. > > We will publish it on Wednesday > > Thank you very much and Happy 1 May! > > Best, > > Ana > > -- > > _______________________________________________ > Translators mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > > This mailing list is covered by the FSFE's Code of Conduct. All > participants are kindly asked to be excellent to each other: > https://fsfe.org/about/codeofconduct > > > > -- > "The problem with quotes on the internet is that it is difficult to > determine whether or not they are genuine." -- Abraham Lincoln -- Ana Galan (she/her) - Senior Project Manager Communications Free Software Foundation Europe Revaler Str. 19, 10245 Berlin, Germany | t:+49 157 92 34 72 12 Registered at Amtsgericht Hamburg, VR 17030 Support the FSFE:https://my.fsfe.org/donate Stay in the loop! Subscribe for updates:https://fsfe.org/subscribe Follow us on the Fediverse: @[email protected] --------------PAj0K14Tthx0oPYjSIVKd5fr Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit <!DOCTYPE html> <html data-lt-installed="true"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> </head> <body style="padding-bottom: 1px;"> <p>Thanks Richard for your fast proofread.</p> <p>I went through the changes and was preparing it. You can find it now in webpreview: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://webpreview.fsfe.org/cgi/fsfe.pl?pad=1631">https://webpreview.fsfe.org/cgi/fsfe.pl?pad=1631</a></p> <p>As you can see I added a short quote at the beginning.</p> <p>Best,</p> <p>Ana</p> <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 01/05/2026 14:08, Richard L. Schmeidler wrote:<br> </div> <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:CAKbK2ay=rZKnV0XyB74Xh3xjanXF-fZXS=e8jBSkDJvgqxmiAA@mail.gmail.com"> <div dir="ltr"> <div dir="ltr"> <div>Thank you very much for this early version. As usual, I am attaching an .odt version with my suggestions. And, also as usual, I must report that it has been hurriedly prepared, primarily for my own use, and that if there are discrepancies between it and the list of suggestions in this message, the .odt version is probably incorrect and the suggestions in this message are more likely correct.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>I am responding ASAP at an unusually early hour in the hope that people will see this in Europe before they stop work for the weekend (if they do stop work for the weekend).</div> <div><br> </div> <br> 1. "One of them was the DMA , a legislation that is keeping us busy: we are exposing how Apple keeps blocking third-party developers, denying their interoperability requests." </div> <div dir="ltr"><br> </div> <div>(a) Remove the space between "DMA" and the following comma.<br> </div> <div dir="ltr"><br> </div> <div dir="ltr">(b) Remove "a." English usage: "legislation" is not a "count noun." One cannot have seven legislations.<br> </div> <br> <div>2. "Meanwhile, we have monitored how Apple is implementingits interoperability obligations under the DMA." Insert a space between "implementing" and "its."</div> <div><br> </div> <div>3. "Our recently released report “The challenges of regulating interoperability. Analysing Apple’s request-based approach under the Digital Markets Act” sheds lights on how Apple has handled those requests in practice." </div> <div><br> </div> <div>(a) Replace the period (full stop) between "interoperability" and "Analysing" with a colon. The first of the sentences in the cited title is the actual title. The second sentence is a subtitle. In English usage, a colon is used to separate a subtitle from a title.<br> </div> <div><br> </div> <div>(b) Replace "lights" with "light." English usage. One says "sheds llight" even when there are several different matters disclosed by the illumination</div> <div><br> </div> <div>4. "Our analysis shows how 56 interoperability requests under the Digital Markets Act have produced no concrete solutions by Apple, and how their declines contradict their own official documentation, leaving third-party developers locked out of iOS and iPadOS, despite European Commission’s latest specification decision."</div> <div><br> </div> <div>(a) Replace "declines" with "refusals" or "declinations." As a noun, "decline" means a downward slope or a reduction in quantity, not a refusal. (Take your pick between "refusals" and "declinations." I prefer the shorter word. Other replacements are also possible.)</div> <div><br> </div> <div>(b) Insert "the" before "European." English usage.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>5. "and how its enforcement in the DMA needs to empower Free Software developers." I suggest replacing "needs" with "is needed." This suggestion changes the meaning to what I think you intend, although it is only a slight change. Saying "needs to empower" says that the enforcement will necessarily have the effect of empowering. Saying "is needed to empower" says that to have empowerment one must have enforcement. (In case this is not clear, here is a parallel pair of phrases, with a similar subtle change of meaning: "Cooking an egg needs heat." "Heat is needed to cook an egg." The emphasis is different.) </div> <br> <div>6. "Under these umbrella, the FSFE support to NGI0 grantee projects on legal and licensing issues" <br> </div> <div><br> </div> <div>(a) Replace "these" with "this." English grammar. "Umbrella" is singular.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>(b) Replace "support to" with "supports." English grammar. A verb is needed.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>7. "Although this project is ending next year, we are also happy to announced the new initiative that will follow its steps: the EU project Restack." Replace "announced" with "announce." English grammar.</div> <br> <div>8. "Listen to the latest episode of our podcast in which Bonnie and Gabriel discussed about NGI0, introduce Restack and explain why we need sustainable long term funding for fostering the Free Software ecosystem."</div> <div><br> </div> <div>(a) Replace "discussed" with "discuss." This is necessary to be parallel to "introduce" and "explain."</div> <div><br> </div> <div>(b) Remove "about." English usage. A discussion is usually about something.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>(c) Insert an Oxford comma after "Restack." This is for consistency with other uses of the Oxford comma.</div> <br> <div>9. "If you know a Free Software project or you have an idea that can contribute to an open, resilient, trustworthy, sustainable and human-centered internet , you can still apply for NGIO funding: <a href="https://nlnet.nl/funding.html" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://nlnet.nl/funding.html</a>" <br> </div> <div><br> </div> <div>(a) Insert an Oxford comma after "sustainable." <br> </div> <div><br> </div> <div>(b) Remove the space between "internet" and the following comma.<br> </div> <div><br> </div> <div>(c) I suggest removing "still." I think that this strengthens the advice, rather than emphasizing the timing of the opportunity. If there is a deadline that is close, it would be better to mention it explicitly. Some readers (like me) may be unfamiliar with this.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>(d) Replace "NGIO" with "NGI0." Previously, the last character was a digit, not a capital letter. <br> </div> <div><br> </div> <div>(e) I note that this sentence does not end with a period (full stop). While this is technically grammatically incorrect, I am NOT suggesting correction (although correction would also be sound). It is good not to confuse the URL with following punctuation, and the meaning is clear. (The same issue is present in the next paragraph.)</div> <br> 10. "Fifty episodes in, and it is your curiosity, your support, and your commitment to software freedom that keeps this going." Replace "keeps" with "keep." This verb has three subjects, so it should be plural.<br> <div><br> </div> <div>11. "But that is not all what has happened in the last weeks!" Replace "what" with "that." English grammar or, more likely, just a typing error.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>12. "LLW, organised by the FSFE, continued to explore the evolving legal landscapes impacting Free Software" Insert "The" before "LLW." English usage. </div> <div><br> </div> <div>13. "Ths event was, once again, possible thanks to our 2026 sponsors: our Diamond sponsors Mercedes and Red Hat; the Sapphire sponsors Amazon (AWS), Microsoft, and Siemens; Topaz sponsors Bosch, Ericsson, and Google; and our Ruby sponsors Bird & Bird, Eclipse Foundation, and Liferay." </div> <div><br> </div> <div>(a) Replace the first word, "Ths," with "This."<br> </div> <div><br> </div> <div>(b) This is not an objection, just a comment, because I have not had time to research the sponsor categories. The order seems strange. It is my impression (confirmed by the "artificial idiocy" of an AI internet search) that the typical order of value is diamond, ruby, sapphire, and topaz, with topaz being only semi-precious. If the FSFE does rank sapphires and even topazes above rubies, this text is correct.</div> <br> 14. "Not only at LLW we learned about legal topics." Replace "we learned" with "did we learn." English usage.<br> <br> 15. "In the coming weeks, our Portuguese volunteers will be at the Festival de Tecnologia Popular de Setúbal, the Tübingen Digital Freedom Days, and more!" I suggest removing "Portugeuese." Of course, if the volunteers from Portugal are going to travel the approximately 2,000 kilometers to southern Germany, this suggestion should not be followed. <br> <div dir="ltr"><br> 16 "Recently, the Austrian Ministry of Education released an online course about Ada & Zangemann with really cool exercises (and for German students it can be also a great way to practice their German skills with Ada)." <div><br> </div> <div>(a) I suggest putting quotation marks around the title "Ada & Zangemann." I presume that the course is about the book, not the girl and the inventor. (In contrast, and amusingly, at the end of the sentence, the students will figuratively be practicing their German skills with the little girl. Or, depending on the age of the students, with the big girl. 8-) )<br> </div> <div><br> </div> (b) Replace "German students" with "students of German." The phrase "German students" can refer to either the students' subject matter or their nationality; correct the ambiguity. (The latter is more likely. Many more people are German than there are who study the language.) <br> </div> <div dir="ltr"><br> </div> <div>(c) I suggest Replacing "be also" with "also be." This is not wrong, but "also be" is more natural English usage.<br> </div> <div dir="ltr"><br> </div> <div><br> </div> <div>Thank you again for this early access to the draft of the newsletter.<br> </div> <div><br> </div> <div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"> <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, May 1, 2026 at 5:16 AM Ana Galan <<a href="mailto:[email protected]" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">[email protected]</a>> wrote:<br> </div> <blockquote class="gmail_quote"> <div> <p>Dear translators,</p> <p>even if the newsletter is not in its final version, I wanted to share it with you as we didn't do it for the last ones.</p> <p>I am attaching the last version as an .odt. We will finish it on Monday and might add one or two more small things (something about our interns with a call to action to apply for an internship and maybe a quote). I will keep you update.</p> <p>We will publish it on Wednesday</p> <p>Thank you very much and Happy 1 May!</p> <p>Best,</p> <p>Ana</p> <pre cols="72">-- </pre> </div> _______________________________________________<br> Translators mailing list -- <a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">[email protected]</a><br> To unsubscribe send an email to <a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">[email protected]</a><br> <br> This mailing list is covered by the FSFE's Code of Conduct. All<br> participants are kindly asked to be excellent to each other:<br> <a href="https://fsfe.org/about/codeofconduct" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://fsfe.org/about/codeofconduct</a></blockquote> </div> <div><br> </div> <br> <span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br> <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature">"The problem with quotes on the internet is that it is difficult to determine whether or not they are genuine." -- Abraham Lincoln</div> </div> </blockquote> <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- Ana Galan (she/her) - Senior Project Manager Communications Free Software Foundation Europe Revaler Str. 19, 10245 Berlin, Germany | t:+49 157 92 34 72 12 Registered at Amtsgericht Hamburg, VR 17030 Support the FSFE: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://my.fsfe.org/donate">https://my.fsfe.org/donate</a> Stay in the loop! 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