[ESW Wiki] Update of "its0504ReqCulturalAspects" by YvesSavourel

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  It must be possible to specify content styles in a document in order to better qualify the contents for different linguistic purposes, such as localization.
  
- == Challenge/Issue ==
+ == Challenges ==
  
  Depending on target languages, source content could be translated with several different styles. A few examples are as follows:
    
  '''Italian:''' When English (source) content from a user’s guide is translated for online help, Italian translation uses more user-friendly, softer-touch tone, while the language uses a harder tone for a book-type document.
  
  '''Japanese:''' Japanese uses a polite style (です・ます調 [Desu/masu tone]) for user’s guides and a formal style (だ・である調 [Da/dearu tone]) for academic and legal content. 
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+ '''Bangala:''' Some religious text, such as Sanskrit Chants, may need to be treated separately from other content.
  
  Content styles and tones in a target language vary mostly depending on target audience (general users, academic experts, etc) and content’s domain (IT, legal, medical, etc). While a source language does not get affected by such aspects, target content may need to use a specific content style.

Received on Thursday, 8 September 2005 06:15:09 UTC