Hi Marcus, Thank you for these updates.
I just realized this conversation didn't happen on the gnucash-devel mailing list. I'm forwarding the conversation now as I know there are several other native German speakers on the list as well. For me your updated messages look fine and they seem indeed to be more geared to non-developers which I like. Regards, Geert On Thursday 26 March 2015 12:26:57 Marcus Wellnitz wrote: > Hi Geert, > > Am 26.03.2015 um 08:58 schrieb Geert Janssens: > > de.StatusMsgFirewall=Windows Firewall für GnuCash automatisch > > Anpassen (empfohlen) > > de.IconName_InstallFQ=Wechselkurse online abrufen (optionales Modul) > > de.IconComment_InstallFQ=Aktien- und Devisenkurse online abrufen > > (optionales Modul Finance-Quote: Achtung! Erfordert das Programm > > ActivePerl 5.8 oder neuer) > > > > > > > > Hi Marcus, > > > > Thank you for reviewing the messages. I'm not a native German > > speaker, I only have some notions of the language. > > > > I have a question about the two InstallFQ strings though: > > > > "abrufen" in "Wechselkurse online abrufen", does that translate to > > "run" or to "install" ? > > Thanks for your feedback. > neighter run nor install it means "fetch". As far as i understood the > messages will be needed during the installation process (choosing the > modules?). > So in my opinion it doesn't make sense to tell somebody that he will > install something but to tell him _what functions_ he is able to > install. > > The function here ist "module to fetch Wechselkurse online" (denglisch > ;-) ) > > Maybe you can add a "addon to be able to" via: > "Erweiterung um" > > de.IconName_InstallFQ=Erweiterung um Wechselkurse mit GnuCash online > abzurufen > de.IconComment_InstallFQ=Aktien- und Devisenkurse aus GnuCash heraus > online abrufen (optionales Modul Finance-Quote: Achtung! Erfordert das > Programm ActivePerl 5.8 oder neuer) > > You're right. It is possible to misunderstand it in the way that you > will fetch the quotes now. But if you add "Erweiterung um" it makes it > simply clear that it's a module to fetch quotes on demand. > > > My limited knowledge of German makes me think it means "run", which > > is wrong. The menu option merely installs the necessary components > > to be able to fetch online quotes from within gnucash. It won't > > fetch quotes itself. > > Can you double-check this ? > > > > Also, can you add the word "GnuCash" somewhere in the > > "IconName_InstallFQ" message. That is important for Windows 8 users > > to find this command. > > I've corrected the strings and hope it makes it more clear. > I'm NOT using Windows for my computers (only some Servers in the > datacenter for developers or customers) so I can't check the strings > in its context in real;-). I'm using Linux for about 15 years and > during the last years Ubuntu LTS. > But I think it is very important to have a running Windows version > with good localization as well. > > I won't use GnuCash in future because the whole stuff is to > complicated for me and I have to write my invoices by myself (via > LaTex) because Reports or Invoices in GnuCash have an terrible look > and feel and it's too complicated to change them. But that's an other > discussion ;-) . > > Maybe the way of creating reports will change in GnuCash in the > nearest future. Until than I will stay on the mailinglist and try to > make minor improvements ;-) > > > I'm looking forward to your feedback. > > > > Geert Janssens > > Greetings from Germany > > Marcus > > -- > Marcus Wellnitz > Tel Hai 18 > 3314228 Haifa > Israel > Mob: +972 58 444 2420 > Tel: +972 4 631 4959 > Fax: +972 153 631 4959 > > Germany: > Clevelandstraße 28 > 35394 Gießen > 0170-632-8808 > > Skype: mwe-dw > GPG Fingerprint: 07D4 C8D7 F5FB CC00 EDF1 0FCB DEED 2417 9BF6 4022 _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
