[Translators] How to translate Face?

[Ricardo Mones]

On Sat, Jul 03, 2021 at 12:15:34PM +0200, wwp wrote:
> Hello Jakub,
> 
> 
> On Sat, 3 Jul 2021 12:05:29 +0200 "Jakub T. Jankiewicz" <jcubic at onet.pl> wrote:
> 
> > I have a question, what is Face and how did you translated it to other
> > languages?
> > 
> > Example message:
> > 
> > #: src/prefs_message.c:135
> > msgid "Save Face in address book if possible"
> > 
> > 
> > Is it literal someone face like avatar? Or something more technical? In GNU
> > Emacs there are faces but I don't thing there are good translation for them.
> > 
> > So should I use English word Face in translation or should I translate it
> > literally?
> 
> Not really technical term IMO (even if it could have become tech, de
> facto) but a concept term, not a common name. In French we use the
> original (English) name 'Face', same for X-Face.

Same in Spanish, it's a term which I preferred to keep as is because
translating would probably make it unrecognisable for readers.

regards,
-- 
  Ricardo Mones 
  ~
  Never send a human to do a machine's job.               Agent Smith

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