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Dear Wiki user, You have subscribed to a wiki page or wiki category on "ESW Wiki" for change notification. The following page has been changed by ChristianLieske: http://esw.w3.org/topic/its0504ReqCulturalAspects ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ '''[[YS-''' Isn't "translation styles" to specific? It seems we are taking about "writing styles". One may imagine to use such information even when not doing translation, for example for different linguistic-related taks, e.g. terminology extraction.''']]''' + '''[[CL-''' I would suggest to be even more generic and talk about "content styles" since localization isn't just about textual/written content but about non-textual content (such as graphics) as well.''']]''' + == Summary == - It must be possible to specify writing styles in a target language in order to better quality of reused translated contents. The declaration of such an attribute should be done at the beginning of a document. + It must be possible to specify writing styles in a target language in order to improve the quality of reused translated contents. The declaration of such an attribute should be done at the beginning of a document. '''[[YS-''' Here too it seems we are maybe too specific. Maybe something like: "It must be possible to specify the writing styles in a document in order to better qualify the contents for different linguistic purposes, such as localization." @@ -39, +41 @@ == Quick Guideline Thoughts == A writing style in translation should be provided as a document metadata. There are no “absolute” values for this type of attribute, and each language and user could have its own values, which should be defined in schema. For example, a user might want to specify generic style guide names to specify writing styles as following: + '''[[CL-''' If I understood Tim correctly, he suspects that a "non-controlled" set of values for style may not be of great help.''']]''' + <document style=”Guide A”> <document style=”Guide B”>
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