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Re: German translation of git man pages

From
Stephen R. van den Berg <srb@cuci.nl>
Date
Jul 30, 2008, 11:06 UTC
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<20080730110602.GB20957@cuci.nl>
In-Reply-To
<1217408012.9486.13.camel@hydra.esse.ch>
Fabio Scotoni wrote:
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>Our native language is german and they don't like to read english
>documentation. I already started translating but have some problems:
>Should i translate "branch" with the appropriate german word or keep it
>english? This is a Problem for "pull" "push" and the other actions as
>well. Basically it's possible to copy words, but that isn't very
>esthetical.

A good translation will translate those words. However, since the commandline interface uses the English words, you'll be forced to re-explain that relationship a lot of times (using parenthesis, most likely).

-- 
Sincerely,
           Stephen R. van den Berg.

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  1. Fabio ScotoniJul 30, 2008
  2. Stephen R. van den BergJul 30, 2008
  3. Mark StrubergJul 30, 2008
  4. Matthias KestenholzJul 30, 2008
  5. Stephan BeyerJul 30, 2008
  6. Stephan BeyerJul 30, 2008
  7. Fabio ScotoniAug 3, 2008
  8. Stephan BeyerAug 4, 2008

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