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On Wed, 2012-11-07 at 23:43 +0800, Ying Chun Guo wrote:
> First of all, there is an agreement within community that user-facing
> string should be translated. As to LOG messages, there are arguments
> but no consensus yet. One argument says the LOG messages are useful
> for operators/administrators especially in the case of abnormal
> behavior and is certainly accessible to users and therefore just like
> all user-facing text, thus LOG messages should be translated. The
> opposing argument could say that LOG is primarily useful for
> developers, developers can read English LOG, and LOG in different
> languages will block the communication between developers and users,
> thus LOG should not be translated.

It's also worth pointing out that another argument for log messages
remaining in English is that it will be easier to search the web for
those log messages, whereas if they're translated, discussion about them
may end up being fractured.
-- 
Kevin L. Mitchell <kevin.mitchell at rackspace.com>