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Subject: Re: Status update on 1.0
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2019 14:56:20 +0100
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To: Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= <ludo@gnu.org>
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On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 01:57:42PM +0100, Ludovic Court=C3=A8s wrote:
> Hello,
>=20
> "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflorian@pelzflorian.de> skribis:
>=20
> > When doing translations, should the English name be kept as a proper
> > name as with GuixSD?  I would prefer to translate it to a German
> > =E2=80=9CGuix-System=E2=80=9D (with hyphen) to avoid misunderstanding=
s (many Germans
> > would read an English =E2=80=9CGuix System=E2=80=9D with German pronu=
nciation anyway).
> > For other languages =E2=80=9CGuix Syst=C3=A8me=E2=80=9D or maybe =E2=80=
=9CGuix =E7=B3=BB=E7=BB=9F=E2=80=9D or so of
> > course does not resemble the guix system command as much anymore.
>=20
> When spelled as =E2=80=9CGuix System=E2=80=9D, it=E2=80=99s a proper no=
un that should not be
> translated IMO.
>=20
> There are also places in the manual, I think, that read =E2=80=9Cthe Gu=
ix
> system=E2=80=9D or =E2=80=9Cthe standalone Guix system=E2=80=9D, etc., =
and these would of course
> have to be translated.
>=20
> Ludo=E2=80=99.

So the proper noun changed from GuixSD to Guix System, but Guix used
as an OS still has its own proper noun distinct from =E2=80=9Cthe Guix
system=E2=80=9D.  OK, got it.  I will distinguish =E2=80=9CGuix System=E2=
=80=9D and =E2=80=9Cdas
Guix-System=E2=80=9C.

Thank you!

Regards,
Florian