今天是贝贝报告给你的第 48 天
2019-04-17 星期三

一个中国人，为什么用英语写文档？是矫情吗？我有三方面考虑，说给你听。

第一，英语教育在我国基本普及，年轻人多少都能读写英文。这样，英文就不是国人太大的困扰。我尽量多读纯正的英文，也就渐渐可以写出更地道的文档。

第二，这个项目的方法和数据是贡献给全球使用的，而不限于中文世界。这就要求我用更高的标准要求自己，遵守道德和专业规范，让这个项目经得起全世界的检验。

第三，我要在 FreeCAD 论坛里发贴，简单地复制粘贴英文多方便。我想与开发者们讨论，最好是像他们那样思考，那样讲话，那样做事。既然必须讲英语，干脆就全部用语好啦。

英语是个挑战，但不是最大的那一个。

Why do you document in English?

There are three reasons which push me - a native Chinese - use English in this project's documentation.

First, English has been accepted worldwide, and now most young Chinese can read and write some English, no matter how fluently. Therefore, using English instead of Chinese wouldn't bother the non-native English speaking people too much. By reading well written English, I could write more readable English.

Second, the result and method of this project need to be a contribution to the whole world, not only being used locally in China, which means higher standards to present the project. It must meet both the moral and professional rules, and I hope it maintains open to competing worldwide.

Third, it is convenient for me to post on FreeCAD's forum that I copy and paste documents from here to there. I want to discuss something with the developers, so I had better think like them, talk like them, and work like them. Since English communication is a must, then why not document in English throughout.