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This not the case with “awesome”. If back translations carried any weight, fantastic + amazing | This not the case with “awesome”. If back translations carried any weight, fantastic + amazing | ||
would be close enough as well as easier to localize. However, I don’t have any illusions. | would be close enough as well as easier to localize. However, I don’t have any illusions. | ||
Note that 70% of users do not use the English version of Firefox and that 80% live outside US. A quick check of SuMO contents revealed that the more detached / respectful form of adressing the user (the French "Vous", German "Sie", Russian "Vi" dominates (CS DE HE FR HR RU SL SR UK for example), with Castillian and PT_BR (if I am not wrong) deciding for Tu. | |||
Given this, it is difficult to localize anything that smacks of a buddy buddy relationship. | |||
== 4. Define Terms == | == 4. Define Terms == | ||