Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice Magazine (Brazilian community)

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On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 8:19 AM, Paulo de Souza Lima <
paulo.s.lima@varekai.org> wrote:

> 2011/7/14 Tom Davies <tomdavies04@yahoo.co.uk>
>
> > Hi :)
> > It is tricky to find a good word.  In England "collaborators" has a hint
> of
> > revolutionary/terrorist activity & shady dodgy characters working towards
> > the
> > downfall of the country as in the French Revolution.  "Workers" can hint
> at
> > "comrades" which hints at communism and is seen as bad.  "Co-workers" is
> > possibly fairly hippy which would make it far worse than any of the
> above.
> > "Colleagues" is possibly best although it's fairly posh so although some
> >  office
> > workers might understand it many people wouldn't.  It also implies that
> you
> > have
> > no control over them as they are on the same level as you in the
> hierarchy
> > of
> > the organisation.  "Employees" is the one that might cause the least
> amount
> > of
> > confusion even though the people volunteered and didn't get paid.  At
> least
> > with
> > "Employees" it shows that you have some control so it's more accurate.
> > "Volunteers" implies the work is such poor quality that it's worthless,
> an
> > attitude that constantly annoys me a LOT given the amount of amazing
> amount
> > of
> > great work  i see every day from volunteers compared to the low quality
> of
> > work
> > i often see from paid workers.  Perhaps "Journalists that wrote the
> > articles"?
> >
> > I do like "Employees" & "Colleagues" because it hints at corporate
> > professionalism.  I like "Collaborators"  but many would be suspicious of
> > it.
> > "Journalists that supplied the articles" might be better in this specific
> > case.
>
> Many thanks for this nice explanation =)
>
> It shows how sometimes we try to say something in a way, and we can be
> totally misundertood.
> Maybe this could be one of the causes why we are facing some troubles in
> our
> relationships these days... =)
>
>
> > England is a very frustrating place sometimes.
> > Regards from
> > Tom :)
> Kind regards
>
> --
> Paulo de Souza Lima
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> http://www.pasl.net.br
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>
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