For all as info: I just updated the translation from host to "Host". All
complainers coming from an SNA-perspective will be forwarded to Susanne;
who should assume charge of all patches concerning EBCDIC support within
pgAdmin :)
best wishes
Harald
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GHUM GmbH
Harald Armin Massa
Spielberger
On 12.01.2011 14:31, r d wrote:
Sorry, but server (EN) translates to Server (DE).
Host (EN) translates to Host (DE).
Thanks. That is exactly my opinion.
Btw. I referred to the Window that you get after you click
"Add connection" "Verbindung hinzufügen".
In the English version you have there t
Hello Harald,
On 12.01.2011 12:36, Harald Armin Massa[legacy] wrote:
I concur that "Host" and "Server" both are valid translations of the "host"
field. I think translation "Server" predates my translation efforts by
years.
As we already figured out - it is a Unix vs. Windows world difference.
Sorry, but server (EN) translates to Server (DE).
Host (EN) translates to Host (DE).
And BTW, most computing terms translate 1:1 English:Deutsch (es hat sich in
der Praxis so eingebürgert).
A server is a /role/ which potentially any device can assume, a /host/,
OTOH, is a big, "old-style" /compute
> Somebody translated the word host by using the word Server.
> > Which is totally confusing.
> > I didn't expect that I have to fill the host in a field that is named
> > server.
> >
> > The German word for host is Host.
> >
>
I have used "host" in German IT-Speak for
a) for "big iron", as in /37
Hello,
sorry for barging in.
In German you can both - software and hardware - call a server indeed:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server
As PostgreSQL servers don't have a name by themselves people familiar
with PostgreSQL know that they have to enter the host's address.
Both server and host are
Practically there is even in german no difference between server and host.
And recording to this (
http://www.wer-weiss-was.de/theme13/article1208446.html in german) is server
the better choise.
Looking at other products, the word server is more often used than host.
2011/1/11 Guillaume Lelarge
Le 11/01/2011 14:57, Susanne Ebrecht a écrit :
> [...]
> version 1.12.2
>
> Connect to Server (Verbindung zum Server hinzufügen)
>
> Somebody translated the word host by using the word Server.
> Which is totally confusing.
> I didn't expect that I have to fill the host in a field that is named
>
Hello,
version 1.12.2
Connect to Server (Verbindung zum Server hinzufügen)
Somebody translated the word host by using the word Server.
Which is totally confusing.
I didn't expect that I have to fill the host in a field that is named
server.
The German word for host is Host.
Susanne
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Susa
