I have looked some feedback of the users who found simplified (or traditional if they use simp. chinese) Chinese translation is 'misunderstanding'. I think what they meant is that they don't like the different terminology.

Leon On Mon, 17 Sep 2001, Geoffrey Lee wrote: > All: > > > Please check this out, what is your opinion? > > > --forwarded message-- > > > Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 01:09:19 +0200 > From: Pablo Saratxaga <pablo(a)mandrakesoft.com> > To: Geoffrey Lee <snailtalk(a)linux-mandrake.com> > Subject: Re: followup on gtk fontset problem. > X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0us > In-Reply-To: <20010916233445.A15083(a)anakin.wychk.org>rg>; from snailtalk(a)linux-mandrake.com on Sun, Sep 16, 2001 at 11:34:24PM +1000 > > Kaixo! > > On Sun, Sep 16, 2001 at 11:34:24PM +1000, Geoffrey Lee wrote: > > > > and it works very well... > > > so I plan to change the language entries like this: > > > > > > LANGUAGE=zh_CN.GB2312:zh_CN:zh:zh_HK:zh_TW.Big5:zh_TW > > > LANGUAGE=zh_TW.Big5:zh_TW:zh_HK:zh:zh_CN.GB2312:zh_CN > > > > > > so if a given translation doesn't exist in traditional/simplified Chinese; > > > but exists in the other, then it will be displayed, insead of English. > > > The hanzi are changed from traditional to simplified or viceversa > > > automatically by gettext. > > > > Do you mean the automatic conversion between GB -> Big5, or vice versa? > > yes. > > > zh_TW - > zh_HK or vice versa should be Ok. > > that doesn't involve any conversion :) > > > Trouble is, the terminology between GB / Big5 speakers is different ... > > Yes, but, itsn't it better than displaying in English? > > it is only in the case where a native translation doesn't exist; then > if a translation of the other sort of Chinese exists, then a charset > conversion is done and it is displayed. > It only happens when a proper translation is not available > > > If this is the case, this wouldn't be "we have a translation so it must be > > better than nothing", it'd just confuse them ... > > So you think that displaying in English is better? > > > > > - G. > >