Re: [Translators-l] Fundraising_2012/Translation/Launch_email

In my opinion, the paragraph starting by "When I founded Wikipedia", should be placed above the two paragraphs written before. It placement is not very logical, and its placement below them reduces the positive effects of the arguments given in these two paragraphs, that give a less personal (more collective) opinion that people will adhere. No need to change the translations, just swap the paragraphs. Also, even the source in Engliosh should use "$firstname $familyname" instead of just "$firstname" for a good reason : it is a less familiar language, more formal, and more respectful (also because some people do not provide their first name completely, and will prefer to be cited with their full name (as specified in their Wikimedia account), or will have reversed the two account fields, but won't accept a sentence using "Dear" followed by only their family name, as it is also unrespectful in languages like French, where we want to see the family name preceded by either a first name or a title like "Monsieur"). Note also : the expression "Dear" has translations that depends on the *gender* of the person. It is strange to have to use the neutral alternative (masculine/feminine) when the user has explicitly stated his gender (male/female/don't say) in his Wikimedia account. So may be this small sentence should become 3 distinctly translatable resources : one for "male", one for "female", and one for "unspecified". This way the email would start reading in French : - "Cher Jean Dujardin," (male gender) - "Chère Marion Cotillard," (female gender) - "Cher/chère ENIAC Computer," (unknown/unspecified gender, may be the name of a genderless organisation) Thanks. 2012/10/16 Takashi OTA <supertakot+translators(a)gmail.com>om>: