[Translators-l] Second appeal from Jimmy

Kelly Lyman klyman at wikimedia.org
Tue Dec 14 19:39:14 UTC 2010


Vassia,
It is supposed to mean "we don't waste." Thanks for your help

Best,
Kelly

On 12/14/10 11:37 AM, vassia atanassova wrote:
> Hi, all.
> I'm almost ready with the Bulgarian translation. There is a phrase, 
> however, that puzzles me and colleagues of mine, whom I asked for 
> advised. What is the phrase /"...and leave waste to others"/ supposed 
> to mean in the overall context of the appeal?
> Thanks.
> Vassia
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 7:46 AM, Philippe Beaudette 
> <pbeaudette at wikimedia.org <mailto:pbeaudette at wikimedia.org>> wrote:
>
>     Translators,
>
>     We've posted a second appeal from Jimmy for translation at
>     http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2010/Jimmy_appeal_2
>
>     This one is performing very well in English, but may be tricky to
>     translate - it's idiomatic.  This is probably a good time to
>     mention again that we're looking for localization - not strict,
>     word-for-word translation.  If a phrase doesn't work, don't use
>     it, or substitute something better.  :)
>
>     Thank you!
>
>     pb
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