Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Need help with EN text and improving it

Hi everyone,

Here is also a contribution on this from Fridolin

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Marc&  all,

Well done with the base text.

Here my suggestions for changes:

Comments:
= taken out one 'your' in the first sentence
= 'day by day' changed to 'every day'
= there is no need to justify not replying

========================
Thank you very much for your e-mail and interest in
LibreOffice.

Due to the increasing popularity of the free office suite,
we receive
lots of support requests every day. Unfortunately, we can't
reply
personally to every e-mail, as our engagement in the project is
completely on a volunteer basis and in our spare time,
thus leaving no time to respond to individual requests.

However, the Community does offer a large variety of mailing
lists to
support its users. We have compiled an overview at

http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/

Please have a look at these pages, and send your inquiry to
our mailing
lists. Chances are high that your problem then will be
solved very soon.
========================


Greetings

Fridolin




On 19/11/12 04:34, Marc Paré wrote:
>  Hi everyone,
>
>  Could you all take a look at the following and help make
>  the text better? I think it needs some improvement.
>
>  The following text is part of a template that will be
>  translated into our 100 or so supported languages. I hope
>  that we can improve the EN language used in the message
>  before it is sent for translation into our Pootle system.
>
>  I would like to examine both syntax, punctuation etc. for
>  the EN language as well as the proper choice and flow of
>  words.
>
>  Deadline max. to complete: about a couple of days, less if
>  possible.
>
>  Here is the English template:
>
>  =======================
>
>  Thank you very much for your e-mail and your interest in
>  LibreOffice.
>
>  Due to the increasing popularity of the free office suite,
>  we receive
>  lots of support requests day by day. Unfortunately, we
>  can't reply
>  personally to every e-mail, as our engagement in the
>  project is
>  completely on a volunteer basis and in our spare time.
>  This often
>  demands several hours of volunteer engagement per day,
>  leaving no time
>  to respond to individual requests.
>
>  However, the Community does offer a large variety of
>  mailing lists to
>  support its users. We have compiled an overview at
>
>  http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/
>
>  Please have a look at these pages, and send your inquiry
>  to our mailing
>  lists. Chances are high that your problem then will be
>  solved very soon.
>
>  =======================
>
>  Cheers,
>
>  Marc



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