Acknowledgment vs. Acknowledgement
Jean-Pierre Chrétien
jeanpierre.chretien at free.fr
Tue Jan 31 16:28:15 UTC 2023
Le 31/01/2023 à 07:52, Jürgen Spitzmüller a écrit :
> Am Montag, dem 30.01.2023 um 15:26 -0500 schrieb Richard Kimberly Heck:
>> Yes, it's fine with me.
>
> Done.
>
> While doing it, it occurred to me that the acknowledgment strings in
> their different uses might need disambiguation.
>
> The theorem type "Acknowledgment" has not the same semantics than the
> "Acknowledgment[s]" in some of the article classes, right? The latter
> is to display gratefulness to grant sponsors and colleagues (i.e.,
> credits), but I can't imagine the theorem type has that function. It is
> more to acknowledge (and maybe critically challenge) an argument,
> right?
>
> To German, acknowledgment could be translated as (a) Danksagung
> (credits), (b) Würdigung (respect), (c) Eingeständnis (admission), or
> (d) Erwiderung (reply). Which one is it? I'd tip (b) or (d).
>
True, I've found a translation for French. But xx.po for 2.3 should be edited as
well IMHO.
--
Jean-Pierre
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