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Round 2 of M have begun and a view point.
- To: Documentation and Translation <doc at arabeyes dot org>
- Subject: Round 2 of M have begun and a view point.
- From: Munzir Taha Obeid <munzirtaha at myrealbox dot com>
- Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2003 10:54:40 +0300
- Organization: New Horizons CLC
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Now I've begun round 2 of M.
First, I want to thank Ahmed for the great work he has done.
Second, I tried to search onelook.com for the strange words. Some words
couldn't be found there and in any other online dictionary I am aware of but
can be found on google.com.
Examples:
Macrosocioeconomic at http://www.converge.org.nz/pirm/premploy.htm
Macrosimulation can be found at http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0003269
Madstone: at madstone.org may be a name of theatre or something similar.
macing: I found in Merriam-Webster Dictionary: Inflected Form(s): maced;
mac*ing
My view point is to remove them but mention them in the ChangeLog. Yes, I know
they might be valid but for me it's very difficult and tedious to coin my own
translations for such specialized words which may or may not be correct. I
think it's better to wait until it's accepted in dictionaries and then we can
add them later. It's not enought just for one or two persons to use a word to
be accepted as an English word.
In summary, if it's in a dictionary translate it, otherwise (e.g. in a web
page or whatever) remove it.
I will commit now and wait for your comments.
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