Why the change??? "Lock the window" accurately matched the Japanese "窓に鍵をかけなさい". Now the English and Japanese don't agree! If you want the English to match the German, create a new sentence and unlink it. (Grrrr.)

I think FeuDRenais is still not aware of all "tatoeb's good behaviour", we all have been beginner :)
@FeuDRenais, you maybe want to read this http://blog.tatoeba.org/2010/02...n-tatoeba.html
the point 5 is for you :)

@Jimbreen for you it's point 13 :)

and for me: point 14 :p
we all have our tatoeba "rule":)

@Jim, FeuDRenais is new here, don't scare him off please ^^
I don't think he's familiar with the whole concept behind Tatoeba yet. He was just trying to make the English and French sentences match. It's an honest beginner's mistake :)

@FeuDRenais, due to the multilingual aspect of Tatoeba, you have to be careful when editing sentences. Only edit them in order to correct a spelling mistake. Rule #5:
http://blog.tatoeba.org/2010/02...eba.html#rule5
You may also want to read the rest of the article :)

For this case, you should edit the sentence back to the way it was. I will unlink the French sentence from the English and Japanese sentences.

Thanks.

Ah, sysko posted before me.

Trang, I think "lock" and "fermez" are suitable translation, why unlink ? (as anyway in french house, It's difficult to "lock" a window ^^)

yeah call me "the lucky luke of comments"

OK, I'll be more temperate 8-) (I've lived in both France and Japan, and I'm sure we locked our windows in both; perhaps not with an actual key.)

Easy, easy, now... You could have just left a comment and I would have changed it back as soon as I got the e-mail. I already read the rules, but my bad all the same... I thought I had let the sentence go (guess not).

Acted on my gut instinct, I apologize.

@sysko, yes it's true, we don't say "Fermer la fenêtre à clé" or "Vérouiller la fenêtre" ^^ Or rarely...

For some reason, when I unlinked, I had in mind that the sentence was about about a door, not a window. I guess I should avoid any moderator work past midnight :P

I never saw a window that could be locked with a key (but that's more of a problem for the J sentence).

雨戸をしめなさい might be more appropriate.

@Scott: I did see them. :) They're pretty standard here nowadays.
http://www.baby-walz.nl/winkel/...258/258199.tif

We have keyed locks on all our windows (it's a requirement in our insurance policy.)

It must have something to do with the wild and dangerous beasts that roam over Australia.