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Re: Why emacs have not native language menu


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: Re: Why emacs have not native language menu
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 21:51:09 +0300

> From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
> Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 20:57:11 +0300
> 
> What I mean is that for an English-speaking reader, the
> explanation of `defun' can be ``define function'', and the
> English-speaking user will appreciate the `de'-fine `fun'-ction mnemonic
> rule, and will even enjoy the wordplay: `define' <=> `defun'.
> 
> That's impossible for a Greek user who reads a Greek translation of the
> manual.

Yes, the fun of the pun is lost to some degree.  There's nothing we
can do about it, however, because pun cannot be translated in most
cases, just explained.




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