Forum .LRN Q&A: Re: german translation: you or you?

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3: Re: german translation: you or you? (response to 1)
Posted by Carl Robert Blesius on 11/21/02 07:27 PM
Firsthand I vote for the formal "Sie" (as well as avoiding directly addressing the user where possible). We will have a lot of non-students using this system in Heidelberg (professors, staff, administration, etc.) and I think that would prevent problems. I would like to hear what others think about this. I would also be interested to know what MS (and other translated) Software uses (I am in Texas at the moment and do not have access to a German MS software to check).
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4: Re: german translation: you or you? (response to 3)
Posted by Talli Somekh on 11/21/02 07:53 PM
Carl wrote: "I would also be interested to know what MS (and other translated) Software uses (I am in Texas at the moment and do not have access to a German MS software to check)."

Well, I bet you could check to see what the Texan translations are. I imagine something along the lines of "y'all" for the plural you, "gidde up" for "submit" and "spittoon" for trash.

talli