Hello, On Tue, Jun 13, 2006 at 12:07:08AM +0200, Denis Barbier wrote: > On Sun, Jun 11, 2006 at 11:48:26PM +0200, Christoph Biedl wrote: > > Package: locales > > Version: 2.3.6-13 > > Severity: minor > > > > | Standorteinstellungen ist ein Rahmen, um zwischen mehreren Sprachen zu > > | wechseln, für Benutzer, die Ihre Sprache, Ihr Land, Ihren Zeichensatz, > > | Ihre Sortierreihenfolge usw. auswählen können. > > > > That's just rubbish. Whoever submitted this, he had used automated > > translation, not knowledge of the German language. Please get in touch > > with the submitter to have this rectified. A rough translation might > > be like
I strongly refute that the translation is »rubbish«. Assuming that the
english original cited below is correct, the translation is valid. I
agree with the submitter, though, that it does not sound very nice.
> > | Standorteinstellungen ist ein System, um zwischen verschiedenen Sprachen
> > | umzuschalten. Nutzer können damit ihre Sprache, ihr Land, ihren
> > | Zeichensatz, die Sortierreihenfolge und anderes mehr festlegen.
This sounds better, but is not the translation of the english
original. For non-Germans, this would be:
| Locales is a system to switch between different languages. Users can
| determine their language, country, character set, collation order
| etc. with it.
> > For your reference, the according english message is:
> >
> > | Locale is a framework to switch between multiple languages for users who
> > | can select to use their language, country, characters, collation order,
> > | etc.
> >
> > In my humble opinion and altough I'm not a native English speaker: This
> > sentence isn't good style. Perhaps this should rather be
> > "(...) switch between multiple languages. Users can select to (...)".
Yes, I agree that this change should be applied to the original. Then
the proposed new translation could be used as well (with slight
modifications in the verbs, perhaps).
> German translators, can you please have a look at this bug report and
> send a patch?
Given that no original was attached, I hope the discussion suffices. I
strongly suggest updating the original (english) string. If you do,
contact me and I can provide you with the fine tuned translation.
Greetings
Helge
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