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UniStuttgart-VISUS / damast

Code for the DH project "Dhimmis & Muslims – Analysing Multireligious Spaces in the Medieval Muslim World" (VolkswagenFoundation)
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How to address the user? #47

Closed tutebatti closed 2 years ago

tutebatti commented 2 years ago

As of now, the user is directly addressed, using 2nd person ("you") and imperative forms. I think I rephrased many of these instances because of my background as a German native speaker, where addressing with "du" would not be preferable and addressing with "Sie" would be to formal. I used impersonal phrasing. However, this might be different in English. I will ask a native speaker about it, but I am also curious about your opinion, maybe even @kochsn 's?

rpbarczok commented 2 years ago

In German at least the 2nd person has the advantage that you don't have to gender ("Nutzer/Nuterin" etc.), that's why I prefered the 2nd person. This is of course irrelevant as long as we do not make a translation.

tutebatti commented 2 years ago

In the meantime, a native speaker told me that imperatives and 2nd person are no problem in English.

tutebatti commented 2 years ago

I will leave it at that.