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Index of Subjects I hate to bring this up again, but don't forget about ther @@ABBREV@@@ variable. We should be using it instead of @@@SHORT_NAME@@@ in such things as mail aliases. Landon On Mon, Jun 23, 1997 at 08:49:43PM -0300, Robert Cormier wrote: > At 10:28 97-06-23 -0300, you wrote: >=20 > >- Changed '@@@SHORT_NAME@@@-admin' to conseil-@@@SHORT_NAME@@@=20 > >- Replaced 'board' with '@@@SHORT_NAME@@@-board' (as it should be). >=20 > Jamie, I am afraid we have a case where both "admin" and "board" may = have > been translated by "conseil". This is my fault to some extend... >=20 > "board (of directors)" is "conseil (d'administration)" in french so t= his is > "board" that should be rendered by "conseil".=20 >=20 > As for "admin", there is two options depending of what the list is in= tended > for: >=20 > 1) I would say "gestion", hence: gestion-@@@SHORT_NAME@@@... >=20 > ...if we are speaking of the *office* administration functions such a= s > Blaine's at CCN, for instance (e.g. the page is called "Centre de *ge= stion* > CSuite). >=20 > 2) or "admin", hence: "admin-@@@SHORT_NAME@@@...=20 >=20 > if we are speaking of the more general *network* administration issue= s > (e.g. we call the "network administrator" a "administrateur r=E9seau"= in french. >=20 > This is not something I would bother too much for now, but maybe to p= ut on > your todo list. >=20 > P.S. I have some comfort at the thought that the "Easy Translator" so= ftware > (jack of all trades; master of none) would not have seen the nuances = ;-) >=20 > SYL,=20 >=20 > Robert =20 --=20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Landon Boyd landon@chebucto.ns.ca Computer Science Co-op, http://chebucto.ns.ca/~landon Dalhousie University 902-455-4099(hm) =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
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