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Re: Errors in documentation


From: Andreas Schwab
Subject: Re: Errors in documentation
Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 18:41:18 +0200
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Chris Seaton <address@hidden> writes:

> In The Format of PO Files I see
>
> "The general structure of a PO file should be well understood by the 
> translator. When using PO mode, very little has to be known about the 
> format details, as PO mode takes care of them for her."
>
> Who's this 'her'?

*Note (gettext)Introduction::.

       In this manual, we use _he_ when speaking of the programmer or
    maintainer, _she_ when speaking of the translator, and _they_ when
    speaking of the installers or end users of the translated program.
    This is only a convenience for clarifying the documentation.  It is
    _absolutely_ not meant to imply that some roles are more appropriate to
    males or females.  Besides, as you might guess, GNU `gettext' is meant
    to be useful for people using computers, whatever their sex, race,
    religion or nationality!

Andreas.

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