From: Josef 'Jupp' Schugt Date: 2003-05-31T06:12:04+09:00 Subject: Re: FAQ in German - some updates Saluton! * Hal E. Fulton; 2003-05-30, 14:14 UTC: > To clarify for others, this is the comp.lang.ruby > newsgroup FAQ, not a translation of the Ruby FAQ. > > > Moreover the FAQ has undergone a transformation - it now is a Ruby > > script that is capable of generating HTML and LaTeX output. > > Mir sehr interessant. :) Typically Germans would write something like 'Das klingt interessant' which means 'that sounds interesting' (seems to be common heritage of the Germanic family of languages). http://oss.erdfunkstelle.de/ruby/ is a page where you select which format you want - the Ruby source is available as well - please ignore all 'bolug' stuff that is unused for now. > You are ahead of me, as I must admit I maintain the text and HTML > versions of the English FAQ separately. May I look at this script > to see how you've handled it? The script is not involved in that. I generate an HTML version and then have 'elinks' generate plain text from it. Elinks is available at: http://elinks.or.cz/download.html Hint: If one wants to use a text mode web browser for generating an ASCII representation of an HTML document all URLs should be visible in that document (this looks more natural than an appendix listing URLs). > I'll add the German link to the English FAQ; and I'll change the > wording to say that the English FAQ is posted monthly. Then we can > stay in sync better. Okay, I'll remove the statement. > Since comp.lang.ruby is an English-speaking group, there is no need > to post the FAQ in another language. Precisely this is why I did ask for the modus operandi. > And I will make sure the link is visible near the top of the FAQ. > Freundlichen gruessen, > Hal Fulton Correct version would be 'Mit freundlichen Gr��en' but that's rather formal. Sometimes you find 'MfG' which is short for 'Mit freundlichen Gr��en but usually people use something like 'Gr��e', 'Gru�' or simply give their name. Well, that's a rule of thumb - it depends on the audience. In de.alt.anime it is possible that you encounter japanese 'ja ne' - which is somewhat confusing for Germans because German 'ja' means 'yes' and 'nee' (with two 'e') means 'nay' (in the sense of a negative answer). Gis, Josef 'Jupp' Schugt -- e-mails that do not contain plain text, are larger than 50 KiB, are unsolicited, or contain binarys are ignored unless payment from your side or technical reasons give rise to a non-standard treatment. Schroedinger's cat is not alive.