Re: Bug#801903: open-iscsi: [INTL:de] Initial German debconf translation

[Christian Seiler <christian@iwakd.de>]

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Hi,

Am 2015-10-16 11:42, schrieb Chris Leick:
> > Christian Seiler:
> > > Chris Leick wrote:
>
> >  - Is it usually the case that package names are capitalized?
>
> Yes, this is correct, see e.g.
>
> https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gattungsname#Gro.C3.9F-_und_Kleinschreibung
> http://www.duden.de/sprachwissen/rechtschreibregeln/fremdwoerter#K40
>
> http://www.canoo.net/services/GermanSpelling/Regeln/Gross-klein/Nomen.html#Anchor-49575

Thanks. Good to know, in case I ever translate something.

> >  - In the last template there's a passage "purge open-iscsi", which 
> > you
> >    have translated with "entfernen Sie Open-iscsi vollständig". 
> > Again, I
> >    don't know how that's usually translated, but in this notice it 
> > is
> >    critical that the user does an 'apt purge' and NOT a 'apt 
> > remove',
> >    otherwise the system will be in an unusable state - so unless it 
> > is
> >    known to people using the German locale that "vollständig 
> > entfernen"
> >    always means "to purge", I think the translation could easily be
> >    misconstrued to the detriment of the user here. Could you clarify
> >    this perhaps? Thanks, that would really be appreciated!
>
> I've translated APT too and there's purge always translated with
> "vollständig
> entfernen". In cases like this, we got a website with best practices:
> https://wiki.debian.org/Wortliste
> But you can clarify this by setting »purge« in parentheses after
> »vollständig
> entfernen«.

Ok, will do that then.

Thanks for your efforts!

Regards,
Christian