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[bug#57050] [PATCH v3 07/14] gnu: Add Zuo.
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Philip McGrath |
Subject: |
[bug#57050] [PATCH v3 07/14] gnu: Add Zuo. |
Date: |
Sat, 27 Aug 2022 15:54:41 -0400 |
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Cyrus-JMAP/3.7.0-alpha0-841-g7899e99a45-fm-20220811.002-g7899e99a |
On Sat, Aug 27, 2022, at 2:58 PM, Liliana Marie Prikler wrote:
> Am Samstag, dem 27.08.2022 um 14:08 -0400 schrieb Philip McGrath:
>> On Fri, Aug 26, 2022, at 8:01 AM, Liliana Marie Prikler wrote:
>> > Am Donnerstag, dem 25.08.2022 um 16:04 -0400 schrieb Philip
>> > McGrath:
>> > > How does this seem?
>> > >
>> > > (description "Zuo (作) is a tiny Racket with primitives for
>> > > dealing
>> > I don't think (作) adds anything meaningful. Perhaps a Chinese
>> > translation might want to use that character, but in English we
>> > have to
>> > deal with the fact that most no one will understand that.
>>
>> I think "(作)" concisely answers the question, "Why is this called
>> Zuo?" (Answer: 作 means, roughly, "make".)
> To the average English speaker, which you'll have to assume in a
> description, it really doesn't. You'll have to know that Zuo means
> make, at which point it is no longer that concise :)
I really think this is quite normal English usage. Consider, for example, The
Chicago Manual of Style, 16th ed., 6.93 (Parentheses for glosses or
translations), 11.7 (Translated titles), and, most specifically, 11.119
(Inclusion of Chinese and Japanese characters), which says that "Chinese and
Japanese characters, immediately following the romanized version of the item
they represent, are sometimes necessary to help readers identify references
cited or terms used" and that "where needed in running text, they may be
enclosed in parentheses."
When I search for the ascii string "zuo" in a general search engine, I see
results about a wholesale furniture company, a "cloud-based subscription
management platform provider", a music video, a video game, and several
individuals whose names contain "zuo" before I get to any information about a
Chinese word or character.
I don't think it's absolutely essential, but I don't see why including it would
be a problem.
-Philip
- [bug#57050] [PATCH v3 05/14] gnu: racket: Adjust patch for "/bin/sh" in rktio., (continued)
- [bug#57050] [PATCH v3 07/14] gnu: Add Zuo., Philip McGrath, 2022/08/25
- [bug#57050] [PATCH v3 07/14] gnu: Add Zuo., Liliana Marie Prikler, 2022/08/25
- [bug#57050] [PATCH v3 07/14] gnu: Add Zuo., Efraim Flashner, 2022/08/25
- [bug#57050] [PATCH v3 07/14] gnu: Add Zuo., Philip McGrath, 2022/08/25
- [bug#57050] [PATCH v3 07/14] gnu: Add Zuo., Liliana Marie Prikler, 2022/08/26
- [bug#57050] [PATCH v3 07/14] gnu: Add Zuo., Philip McGrath, 2022/08/27
- [bug#57050] [PATCH v3 07/14] gnu: Add Zuo., Liliana Marie Prikler, 2022/08/27
- [bug#57050] [PATCH v3 07/14] gnu: Add Zuo.,
Philip McGrath <=
- [bug#57050] [PATCH v3 07/14] gnu: Add Zuo., Liliana Marie Prikler, 2022/08/27
- [bug#57050] [PATCH v3 07/14] gnu: Add Zuo., Philip McGrath, 2022/08/27
- [bug#57050] [PATCH v3 07/14] gnu: Add Zuo., Liliana Marie Prikler, 2022/08/27
- [bug#57050] [PATCH v3 06/14] gnu: chez-scheme: Fix use of "/bin/sh"., Philip McGrath, 2022/08/25
- [bug#57050] [PATCH v3 08/14] gnu: racket: Update to 8.6., Philip McGrath, 2022/08/25
- [bug#57050] [PATCH v3 08/14] gnu: racket: Update to 8.6., Liliana Marie Prikler, 2022/08/25
- [bug#57050] [PATCH v3 08/14] gnu: racket: Update to 8.6., Efraim Flashner, 2022/08/25
- [bug#57050] [PATCH v3 11/14] gnu: racket: Support cross-compiling the VM packages., Philip McGrath, 2022/08/25
- [bug#57050] [PATCH v3 09/14] gnu: chez-scheme: Make bootfiles regular inputs., Philip McGrath, 2022/08/25
- [bug#57050] [PATCH v3 12/14] gnu: chez-scheme-for-racket: Suport all systems., Philip McGrath, 2022/08/25