Hi, On Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:54:33 +0200 Fabian Nowak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > msgid "Web Browser" > > > > > > -msgstr "Mozilla (Web-Browser)" > > > > > > +msgstr "Web-Browser" > > > > > > > > > > Like I said initially, I would personally translate it. For > > > > > instance with 'Netznavigator', but I leave it up to you. > > > > > > > > To be honest, I hate 'Netznavigator'. Its meaning is so far away > > > > from what Web-Browser means. Of course, if you translate it > > > > literally it might fit but it is still not good. > > > > I'd like to keep it 'Web-Browser'. > > > > > > Hm... why far away? What you are doing is navigating. What you are > > > navigating is the web. In fact, English uses the term navigating > > > as a synonym for browsing in the context. And languages like > > > French > > > > It seems we can't get to an agreement on this :). Therefore it'd be > > cool if any other German translators could state on this, I'm fine > > to use 'Netzvaigator' if others think this fits well and I didn't > > know that it is similar in French and Spanish. > > Sorry. > > Web-Browser ain't German, as it is one of these stupid "I have to > avoid Deppenleerzeichen" translations. A nice and fitting term is > "Webbrowser". I agree. > What we are instead using already since the 1960s, is a Terminal in > both English and German language. So it really can't be regarded as a > non-German word, it might still be called a foreign word, but I'D > rather say it has already become a lenaing word. And inside the > Terminal, there's a command line, whose direct and bad translation is > "Kommandozeile", because we have a way nicer word for the strange > "Kommando" which is simply "Befehl". And this one directly reflects > what you are doing inside a Terminal: you enter commands -- > "Befehle". > > So it's a nice, easily understandable "Befehlszeile" and nothing else > when you're referring to the prompt I disagree. I'd prefer "Kommandozeile" or "Terminal-Emulation" Regards, Frank -- Frank Lanitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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