Re: Again about translation

From: "Dave Page" <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk>
To: "Milen A(dot) Radev" <milen(at)radev(dot)net>, <pgadmin-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Again about translation
Date: 2006-09-08 19:50:39
Message-ID: E7F85A1B5FF8D44C8A1AF6885BC9A0E40154CB41@ratbert.vale-housing.co.uk
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgadmin-hackers-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org
> [mailto:pgadmin-hackers-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org] On Behalf Of
> Milen A. Radev
> Sent: 08 September 2006 17:30
> To: pgadmin-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: Re: [pgadmin-hackers] Again about translation
>
> Dave Page написа:
> [...]
>
> >>>> 3.
> >>>> What is the difference from "dependencies" and
> >> "dependees"? I couldn't
> >>>> find the latter on any dictionary. Is it a synonym of
> >> "dependents"?
> >>> Yes. Thinking about it, dependees is probably not
> >> technically an English
> >>> word, but people know what it means and changing it now
> >> would probably
> >>> be painful.
> >> Ok, but unfortunatly I don't know what it means. Could you please
> >> explain it to me?
> >
> > Objects that are dependent on the one currently being viewed.
>
> And those are "dependants" (or "dependents") - see
> http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=dependant,
> http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=dependent and
> http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=20822&dict=CALD

Yes, 'dependee' is fairly widely used as well as a quick google will show, but I think dependent is more correct. I'm correcting this now and will re-merge the strings. Thanks for the freedback.

Regards, Dave.

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