[Translators-l] Second appeal from Jimmy

Amir E. Aharoni amir.aharoni at mail.huji.ac.il
Tue Dec 14 19:56:08 UTC 2010


I translated it to Hebrew, but i really don't like it. It's unclear
who those "others" are, and in any case i see no reason to attack them
or to mention them at all.

On 2010-12-14, vassia atanassova <vassia.atanassova at gmail.com> 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> wrote:
>
>> Translators,
>>
>> We've posted a second appeal from Jimmy for translation at
>> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2010/Jimmy_appeal_2
>>
>> <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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