Re: [PATCH v2 10/16] docs/zh_TW: process: localize terminology in 2.Process.rst

[Weijie Yuan <wy@wyuan.org>]

On Wed, Aug 05, 2026 at 02:48:35AM +0800, 葉宸佑 wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 04, 2026 at 12:22:12AM +0800, Weijie Yuan wrote:
> > Either: add a <space> before staging
> > Or: remove the <space> after staging
> >
> > [A] Greg Kroah-Hartman 目前負責維護staging樹。
> > [B] Greg Kroah-Hartman 目前負責維護 staging 樹。
> >
> > Which one do you prefer? I think the first option is more consistent
> > with the usage throughout the text.
> 
> Sorry, I misread that as two separate changes. You are right that it
> should be one or the other.
> 
> I went and counted across the whole zh_TW tree, matching a CJK
> character directly adjacent to an ASCII alphanumeric with and without
> a space:
> 
>   without space: 2581
>   with space:     721
> 
> 2.Process.rst itself is 69 without / 22 with. So [A] it is, both for
> the file and for the tree as a whole. Fixed in v3.
> 
> For what it is worth, my own preference as a Taiwanese reader would
> have been [B] -- a space between CJK and Latin text is easier to read
> and is what most Taiwanese technical writing does nowadays. But the
> existing translations overwhelmingly do not, and this series is about
> terminology, not typography. Mixing the two would make it much harder
> to review.

Yes, I think a space between CJK and Latin text is more "proper", or
a more "universal" way.

> That said, it is probably worth writing the rule down rather than
> leaving each contributor to guess. I would suggest:
> 
>   - no space between CJK and ASCII (following existing practice)
>   - apply it to new translations and to paragraphs that are being
>     rewritten anyway

I might be more inclined to remain neutral, so I would prefer to hear
the opinions of others. Or we could take a look at how zh_CN and jp_JP
handle it.

Or: for new articles, we can start to require spaces between.

>   - do not go back and normalize existing files

Of course.