Re: [libreoffice-l10n] Re: [libreoffice-documentation]

Þann mið  5.nóv 2014 16:43, skrifaði Alan Cook:
> What it says is "I'm putting myself in contact with you." The verb
> /pongo/ means "I am putting" but can also mean "I am wearing," so that
> part's understandable. But the "pcs." part has me puzzled. "Uds." is a
> standard abbreviation for /ustedes/ (polite 2nd person plural pronoun.)
> Anybody have any guesses?

"Uds" stands there for for "ustedes", but I think that in other context 
it can stand for "unidades" (en: units) thus the "pcs" abbreviation (en: 
pieces).
Good example on the difficulties faced by automatic translation.

Sveinn

> Alan
>
> On 11/5/2014 3:08 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
> > Hi :)
> > +1  :))
> > I think it proves the point about MTs! ;)
> >
> > I've never seen anyone wearing a desktop computer!  With watches and
> > glasses and things that are appearing nowadays i'm not sure how bad
> > things
> > would get if i took what the MT gave and tried to make sense of it.
> > Humans
> > are definitely an important part of the process - we make mistakes too
> > but
> > probably less bizarre or misleading (nor so frequently).
> >
> > Regards from
> > Tom :)
> >
> >
> >
> > 2014-11-05 8:00 GMT+00:00 Sveinn í Felli <sv1@fellsnet.is>:
> >
> > > Þann mið  5.nóv 2014 00:24, skrifaði Tom Davies:
> > >
> > > > <snip />
> > > >
> > > > "Hello, I wear contact pcs. ...
> > > Quite entertaining translation ;-)
> > >
> > > I think he should be directed to <http://es.libreoffice.org/
> > > recibe-ayuda/documentacion/> or maybe just <http://es.libreoffice.org>
> > > for information in Spanish.
> > >
> > > Sveinn í Felli
> > >
> > > >


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