Hello Marc,
On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 10:48:38PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 02:02:27PM +0100, Christian PERRIER wrote:
> > It is like 10 years that you're saying this, you know, Marc? ;-)
>
> Thinks have not improved, I hate saying.
>
> I always had the impression that train wrecks like "Beim Auflösen von
> ... ist etwas Schlimmes passiert" resulted from a word-by-word
> translation of a humorous English message. Humorous English messages
> are fine in software since English-speaking culture is much different
> from German-speaking culture (we go to the cellar to laugh).
>
> msgid "System error resolving '%s:%s'"
> msgstr "Beim Auflösen von »%s:%s« ist etwas Schlimmes passiert (%i - %s)."
>
> But things are even worse: The English message is fully businesslike
> and was translated to a completely inappropriate German "joke" instead
> of the better "Systemfehler beim Auflösen von...". I guess this was
> done because "system error" is not in the word list.
I'm a bit lost. Which translation are you referring too?
I concur that this translation is wrong and should be fixed.
Greetings
Helge
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