[documentation] Re: Drupal Newsletter for April 2006 - draft

[Robin Monks]

Thanks for all your hard work!

Translators, please merge in some/all of these changes into your
translations as you deem necessary.

I'll try to make a second draft today.

Robin

On 4/13/06, Syscrusher <syscrusher at 4th.com> wrote:
>
> On Thursday 13 April 2006 15:12, Robin Monks wrote:
> > Please include the lists as those working on the translations will need
> to
> > see the changes as well.
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Robin
>
> Here are the results of my editing pass through the newsletter, posted to
> the lists per your request. These files include a slightly modified
> version
> of Karoly Negyesi's editing. As is so often the case with proofreading,
> many
> decisions come down to a matter of the writer's style, with more than one
> wording or punctuation choice being correct. In this case, I allowed a few
> minor technicalities to remain uncorrected because correcting them would
> have,
> in my opinion, compromised an informal and conversational tone intended by
> the author. Any reader of literary classics understands that sometimes
> purity of grammar is not the only measure of good writing! There were also
> a few places where I added or changed a word or two in the interest of
> clarity, particularly where the word originally used had more than one
> possible meaning in that context.
>
> I apologize that I could not do as careful a job today as I might usually
> prefer, owing to the fact that I have a (work-related, non-Drupal)
> software
> release for a customer due to be in RC status tonight -- and they changed
> the spec on me *twice* already today.
>
> The file is in ODT and XHTML formats from OpenOffice. I created this
> edited
> version with change tracking enabled for your convenience. I offer these
> changes as suggestions, and will not be offended if some or all of them
> are
> rejected by the editor, who is ultimately the decision-maker.
>
> Overall, the newsletter was a very enjoyable read, and I thank those who
> worked to produce it!
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Scott
>
> --
>
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>
>
>


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