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Message-Id: <200707131206.17297.rob@landley.net>
Date:	Fri, 13 Jul 2007 12:06:16 -0400
From:	Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>
To:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
Cc:	Li Yang-r58472 <LeoLi@...escale.com>,
	Gerrit Huizenga <gh@...ibm.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	"Kunai, Takashi" <kunai@...ux-foundation.jp>,
	holzheu@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Chinese Language Maintainer

On Thursday 12 July 2007 4:02:47 pm Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
>
> > @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
> > +The langauges in which the Linux kernel is developed are C and English.
> > +(Note that Linus Torvalds' native language is Swedish, yet he chose
>
> choose?

I was trying for past tense.

> > +A language maintainer accepts patches to the Linux kernel, written in C,
> > from +authors who do not also speak English.  The language maintainer
> > translates the +description of each patch into English, forwards the
> > patches to linux-kernel +and to the appropriate maintainers for inclusion
> > in the Linux kernel, and +translates questions and replies about such
> > patches as part of the +patch review process.
>
> Poor person... I'm not sure this can work for non-trivial patches.

We'll see.  Personally, I'm more worried about how people who don't speak 
english are supposed to choose function and variable names.  But translating 
_just_ the patch is not the end of it, and I wanted to make that clear.

I suppose a translator can always push back and ask for a _concise_ review, 
for the sake of translation.  But let's not invent problems before they 
actually occur...

> 							Pavel

Rob
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