Re: [PATCH] l10n: de.po: translate "index" as "Index"

From: Christian Stimming <stimming@tuhh.de>
Date: Jun 1, 2015, 20:00 UTC
Message-ID: <1749852.uCRPrjoCKZ@cs-pc>
In-Reply-To: <CAGZ79kb01tODVL+iMNWvQdxwUZujy8fy0B3ZiNwODoJ5kadzvw@mail.gmail.com>

Am Montag, 1. Juni 2015, 12:34:31 schrieb Stefan Beller:

> On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 12:26 PM, Christian Stimming <stimming@tuhh.de>

wrote:

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> > "index" concept, my explanation routinely says "This concept is called
> > 'index' but it has nothing to do with any associations you make with that
> > word. Better remember this thingy as *** and replace the termin 'index'
> > with *** every time you read about it." where "***" is my preferred
> > translation. The facial expressions of the audience regarding "index"
> > regularly confirm this approach as the better one. I never encountered
> > anyone who says "Oh, but isn't 'index' a much better term for this than
> > what you said..."
> 
> So the *** is cut out here, or do you literally advise to think of a
> black magic box here?
> I'd be interested to know your preferred translation, maybe that can
> be used instead of Staging-Area then?

Sorry for being unclear here: I left out the concrete word I use because you might need to come up with your own choice in the command-line git translation. The point of this remark is rather that almost any other term is better than leaving "index" as a term as-is. The term that I use is only one among probably many possibilities.

In case you still want to know my preferred German word, I stick to the translations that are used in git-gui, mostly still proposed by myself in (huh) 2008. http://repo.or.cz/w/git-gui.git/blob/HEAD:/po/glossary/de.po There, "index" isn't used in the user interface anymore but rather "staging area", and that's translated into German as "Bereitstellung". In my experience this term works quite well for a German-speaking developer audience, even though the term with its military background is only seldomly used or known. But the word triggers some well-suited associations: partly "bereit" for the next step, partly "Stellung" as some extra third place in addition to working copy and repository. But that might very well be a different discussion than what you need to discuss for command line git.

Regards,

Christian