Subject: Re: [boost] [doc]Traduction of the documentation
From: Phil Endecott (spam_from_boost_dev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-10-20 09:57:27
Mathias Gaunard wrote:
> Edward Diener wrote:
>> Mathias Gaunard wrote:
>>> `traduction' is not an English word, you probably meant `translation'.
>> Before making such a statement you should peruse an English dictionary.
>
> I did a quick check on wikipedia, wiktionary and google, and couldn't
> find "traduction" as an English word.
> I also asked a few native speakers which told me it didn't exist as far
> as they knew.
"Traduction" is a 'false friend'. Some dictionaries may show it as an
obsolete synonym for "translate", but it's so obscure that most
dictionaries don't list it at all.
Phil.