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Re: [Koha-devel] Ethnicity?


From: Dorian Meid
Subject: Re: [Koha-devel] Ethnicity?
Date: Wed Nov 27 05:52:07 2002
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Francisco M. Marzoa Alonso schrieb:
I've found this while translating:

        <td colspan=2><FONT SIZE=2>Ethnicity</FONT></td>
        <td colspan=2><FONT SIZE=2>Ethnicity Notes</FONT></td>

Erm... I don't know in other countries but in Spain could be at least of bad taste make questions like these. Also I'm not sure if its legal keep this kind of information within institutional databases in Spain.

I'll like to see some opinions on this issue.

This is also true for Germany.
My approach so far is to translate Koha as it is 1:1.
This form is usually filled by the librarian, so he/she can decide for a generic item (e.g. human) and that's it. So we preserve this option for countries where ethnic informations are stored and at the same time you don't have a problem in all other countries. Aditionally you have to realize that tha Spanish version is for Spanish speaking people all over the world and not only for Spain.

Dorian




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