On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 09:51, Ludvig Ericson <ludvig.eric...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Apr 1, 2009, at 12:25, TiNo wrote:
>> Two solutions:
>> 1) Change the Dutch translation into "Ga" (= literally "Go") (so that
>> would also be displayed after the search-box)
>> 2) Change the template to display the English word "Search" after the
>> search-box.
>
> Long-term, I'd say this kind of issue is one that requires changing
> the original string.
Another solution would be using context in translations. If I
understand correctly, this is an item on Malcolm's list for 1.2.
> However, I doubt it'll be worth breaking all the translations in a
> fairly obvious place at this time (just pre-1.1), so for now, you
> should probably opt in to make it natural in Dutch in both cases.
>
> I don't know Dutch, so I don't know, but surely, you have a generic
> "run this" verb? Swedish does ("kör", or "drive", "körbar" is
> "executable" or "drivable"), and we're both Proto-Germanic
> languages. :-)
The "-bar" suffix works the same way in Dutch and German here:
"uitvoeren" ("execute") -> "uitvoerbaar" ("executable"), and
"ausführen" ("execute") -> "ausführbar" ("executable").
Using the same translation for both instances of "go" doesn't really
work in Dutch. There are a couple of options that come to mind, but
they aren't that great: "ga" ("go"), "voer uit" ("execute"), "doe"
("do").
Another issue is that in Dutch you wouldn't use the imperative in
cases like this one, you'd use the inifinitive ("gaan", "uitvoeren",
"doen" instead of "ga" "voer uit", "doe"). Same goes for German.
Isn't that how it works in Swedish as well?
Arien
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