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German. "Ix-Üpsilon-Plorer".

tux. wrote:German. "Ix-Üpsilon-Plorer".

Actually I'm thinking about a German version and this pronunciation, maybe even the spelling!, will rocket me into the German market. Thanks, tschief promoter!

Lazy Germans (as I) might say "ksüplorer"

admin wrote:Actually I'm thinking about a German version

admin wrote:and this pronunciation, maybe even the spelling!, will rocket me into the German market. Thanks, tschief promoter!

Haha, take it into the splash screen.
No problem!

tux. wrote:

admin wrote:Actually I'm thinking about a German version

Yes, I found a surprisingly (shocking actually!) strong resistence in Germany against the non-German interface (only topped by the resistence of French folks, of course). And since I speak German putting out a German version would be fairly easy for me.

Not all computer users are able to speak English. I can't see a reason for globalization on my own computer either. So what's "shocking" here?

tux. wrote:Not all computer users are able to speak English. I can't see a reason for globalization on my own computer either. So what's "shocking" here?

I think English is THE language for software. A translation to German, while possible, will be rather clumsy and packed with anglicisms anyway. And as I said, there are only two countries in the whole wide beautiful world that again and again ask me for a version in their language: France and Germany. I find this surprising because Germany is not such a bad place to learn English.

admin wrote:Yes, I found a surprisingly (shocking actually!) strong resistence in Germany against the non-German interface (only topped by the resistence of French folks, of course). And since I speak German putting out a German version would be fairly easy for me.

Be careful. Such statements may awaken folks who have long been asking for multi-language interface in XYplorer. I wouldn't have thought Deutschland isn't the only country in the world with such resistance

admin wrote:I find this surprising because Germany is not such a bad place to learn English.

German is also a country with a very beautiful, mighty language; unlike English which might be commonly used because it is easy ("add an s, that's the plural") but does not sound well.
Why should I want to learn English just to be able to navigate through my own files?

tux. wrote:

admin wrote:I find this surprising because Germany is not such a bad place to learn English.

German is also a country with a very beautiful, mighty language; unlike English which might be commonly used because it is easy ("add an s, that's the plural") but does not sound well.

Just having been to England I have to say English sounds very well to my ears.

tux. wrote:Why should I want to learn English just to be able to navigate through my own files?

To be able to use XYplorer.

admin wrote:Just having been to England I have to say English sounds very well to my ears.

B.E. is not the globalized language, is it?
(Just for the records: The most common language in the EU is German.)

admin wrote:To be able to use XYplorer.

People who can't speak English will use (any buy) something different instead.
xplorer², for example.

BTW, Google, with a nice british accent, pronounces [zaiplorer]:
http://translate.google.de/?hl=de&tab=w ... %20manager

Russian. "eks-igrek-Plorer". (igrek = old abbreviation of i-Greek)

Personally, I'd spell the pronounciation "ex-wipe-lorrer."

kunkel321 wrote:Personally, I'd spell the pronounciation "ex-wipe-lorrer."

Sounds like "ex-wife Laura"...