From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Aug 26 22:10:08 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA06849 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Wed, 26 Aug 1998 22:10:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gershwin.tera.com (gershwin.tera.com [207.224.230.28]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA06802; Wed, 26 Aug 1998 22:10:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (tao.tera.com [207.108.223.55]) by gershwin.tera.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA15510; Wed, 26 Aug 1998 22:09:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from kline@localhost) by tao.thought.org (8.8.8/8.7.3) id WAA19116; Wed, 26 Aug 1998 22:09:02 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <19980826220902.43224@thought.org> Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 22:09:02 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: Ollivier Robert Cc: FreeBSD Ports , Hackers Mailing List Subject: Re: Almost Back... References: <199808261743.KAA18134@tao.thought.org> <19980827000027.A19826@keltia.freenix.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88 In-Reply-To: <19980827000027.A19826@keltia.freenix.fr>; from Ollivier Robert on Thu, Aug 27, 1998 at 12:00:27AM +0200 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Aug 27, 1998 at 12:00:27AM +0200, Ollivier Robert wrote: > According to Dag-Erling Coidan Smørgrav : > > "Usage" is correct, but perhaps a little stilted. "utilisation" sounds > > a little long but is otherwise OK. > > "Syntaxe : " seems maybe more appropriate than "Utilisation :" while staying > correct (and shorter). > > > I'd go for "Fin de fichier" without hyphens. > Florian Uhl suggested ``Syntax'' as a good German translation for "usage"; so it seems to work in both French and German. Are there any more ideas here? It seems more sensible to use fewer syllables if the meaning is clear. gary -- Gary D. Kline kline@tao.thought.org Public service uNix To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message