Hello Bernhard, Bernhard R. Link schrieb: > * Christian Perrier <bubulle@debian.org> [090317 07:01]: >> A very frequent argument (not sure if that's the case here) is when an >> English term that's judged "commonly accepted" by the maintainer is >> translated by the l10n team and the maintainer sees the translation as >> "funny" or "ridicule". > > This is only one of the problems with wordlists (but one where an > wordlist actually makes sense). > > There are two other problems: > > [SNIP] > > Thus harmonisation - when used without thought - can often be harmful. > Also there are often other things to harmonize with. There is no use > in using the same translation in some package as in all other packages > for a word, if that word is translated differently in already translated > documentation contained that package or its upstream's website. Well, I can't claim, that I check the entire documentation or the entire upstream website when I do a translation, but in this case I think »repository« was used in the VCS-way. And other VCS (e.g. SVN) have it translated like the wordlist suggests. And in this special case I'm quite sure »Depot« isn't that bad. So, as you say »wordlist usage without thought is bad«, but in this case I thought actually about it. But even if there is a valid reason for changing something I'd appreciated a notification. Especially because I'm still listed as Last-Translator which might lead to the point that someone complains to me about »my« translation and I don't have a clue what that person is meaning. > A case where you simply cannot win are generalisations in the original > language, especially if they are computer jargon. > You can try to find a uniform translation, but if you are the first to > try for some language, it will just be jargon in the target language, > too. Even worse, jargon you invented and noone understands. I think that was the case here. Greetings, Kai P.S.: As you're active on the German l10 list and didn't object to my translation I might assume you were happy with it. ;) (Yes I know, nobody reads every RFR. *g*) -- Kai Wasserbäch (Kai Wasserbaech) E-Mail: debian@carbon-project.org Jabber (debianforum.de): Drizzt URL: http://wiki.debianforum.de/Drizzt_Do%27Urden GnuPG: 0xE1DE59D2 0600 96CE F3C8 E733 E5B6 1587 A309 D76C E1DE 59D2 (http://pgpkeys.pca.dfn.de/pks/lookup?search=0xE1DE59D2&fingerprint=on&hash=on&op=vindex)
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