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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#000080 size=2>Of course I can join with
traditional Chinese translation if you like.All Chinese are Chinese,I just want
to do it in details. Thanks Simon.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#c0c0c0 size=2>2008-08-26 </FONT></DIV><FONT
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#c0c0c0 size=2><SPAN>Nathanael Lee</SPAN>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2><STRONG>发件人：</STRONG> 徐浩 Simon XU </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2><STRONG>发送时间：</STRONG> 2008-08-26 21:06:57
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2><STRONG>收件人：</STRONG> Ralph Angenendt
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2><STRONG>抄送：</STRONG> centos-docs </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2><STRONG>主题：</STRONG> [CentOS-docs] Re: General
translation questions </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Hi Ralph,</DIV>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV>> there is someone on the centos-docs mailing list who also wants to (at least) </DIV>
<DIV>> offer a translation of the Release Notes into chinese (simplified in this</DIV>
<DIV>> case). As those are subtleties(?) which are completely wasted on a eurocentric</DIV>
<DIV>> guy like me.</DIV>
<DIV>> </DIV>
<DIV>I don't think this guy is making any sense because there's simply no</DIV>
<DIV>difficult for all Chinese people to read the CentOS release notes in</DIV>
<DIV>Traditional Chinese.</DIV>
<DIV>> Is there a need to do that?</DIV>
<DIV>No need to do that. The Chinese language I used to translate CentOS</DIV>
<DIV>stuff was Traditional Chinese, which is readable to all Chinese people.</DIV>
<DIV>The history of Simplified Chinese is less than 50 years and it is only</DIV>
<DIV>used in Chinese mainland, while Traditional Chinese is not only used in</DIV>
<DIV>Chinese mainland, but also in Taiwan, Hongkong, Macao, and generally all</DIV>
<DIV>overseas Chinese communities (Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, America,</DIV>
<DIV>etc.) It is true that people in Chinese mainland have got used to using</DIV>
<DIV>Simplified Chinese, however, almost all of them can still read and write</DIV>
<DIV>Traditional Chinese because it is still used everywhere. At the same</DIV>
<DIV>time, the prestige of Traditional Chinese is increasing in Chinese mainland.</DIV>
<DIV>> Is it sensible to do that?</DIV>
<DIV>I don't think so. The reasons are:</DIV>
<DIV>1) There's no law mentioning this.</DIV>
<DIV>2) I don't think the Chinese government would care about this, they are</DIV>
<DIV>even now considering returning to Traditional Chinese.</DIV>
<DIV>3) Nobody had ever said anything about this since I translated the</DIV>
<DIV>release notes into Traditional Chinese.</DIV>
<DIV>> Would you care to join us on centos-docs@centos.org?</DIV>
<DIV>OK.</DIV>
<DIV>> Is there a possibility to work together (if you want to)?</DIV>
<DIV>Yes, I think I can work with other Chinese translators.</DIV>
<DIV>> Is there a possibility to do translations which can be read by </DIV>
<DIV>> mainland chinese and taiwanese people without offending anyone politically or </DIV>
<DIV>> personally?</DIV>
<DIV>> </DIV>
<DIV>Yes. The only way is to use Traditional Chinese, which are readable to</DIV>
<DIV>all Chinese people.</DIV>
<DIV>> I'd like your opinions on that and I really think it would be great if you could</DIV>
<DIV>> join the docs mailing list.</DIV>
<DIV>> </DIV>
<DIV>Trust me, Traditional Chinese is the true Chinese language, for anyone</DIV>
<DIV>who is truely Chinese, he would never turn against Traditional Chinese,</DIV>
<DIV>because it's the language Chinese people have been using for thousands</DIV>
<DIV>of years, it's the very root and essence of Chinese history and culture.</DIV>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV>Thank you for concerning about the Chinese translation of the CentOS</DIV>
<DIV>release notes. I really appreciate that.</DIV>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV>Best regards,</DIV>
<DIV>Hao XU</DIV>
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