On Wednesday 29 December 2004 23:11, Colin Watson wrote:
> Hi,
>
> https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3962 reports a translation
> bug in netcfg (part of d-i). Can somebody have a look at it? The text of
>
> the bug is as follows:
> > The translation used by the installer is very informal.
I think we had a bug-report a while back claiming the opposit, oppinions on
wether certain phrasings are informal tend to differ, that said I'll gladly
look into any specific issues people have.
> > The best
> > example of this I can give is "tikken", a verb that can be used
> > instead of "typen". "to type" should be translated as "typen", not as
> > "tikken", which means "to tick".
according to "de vandale" (main Dutch dictionary) tikken and typen are
synonyms
> > "tikken" is informal, and refers to the mechanical sound of a
> > typewriter.
that is probably the origin of the word yes :-), and I agree it is somewhat
informal, though IMHO using forms of 'typen' makes things sound weird in
Dutch most of the time.
a grep an 'tik' only finds 2 instances:
packages/network-console/debian/po/nl.po:"Teneinde na te gaan of het
wachtwoord correct ingetikt is dient u het "
packages/netcfg/debian/po/nl.po:"nn:nn:nn' of 'nnnnnnnn' (met n een cijfer)
kunt u het gewoon intikken in dit "
-> I've changed both to forms of the more formal (IMO) 'invoeren'
> > When time and health allow me, I'll go over the entire language file
> > for debian-installer.
A further review would be welcomed, send any comments either directly to me
or to debian-l10n-dutch@lists.debian.org
> > For now, I'm reporting this bug mostly to get
> > all forms of "tikken" out.
as said above: they're out :-), at least in svn
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