Re: [PATCH 2/5] l10n: de.po: translate "track" as "folgen"

From: Christian Stimming <stimming@tuhh.de>
Date: May 7, 2012, 11:28 UTC
Message-ID: <20120507132833.Horde.UUP4Oz1l-NpPp7HhlwfXEJA@webmail.tu-harburg.de>
In-Reply-To: <CAN0XMOJgp-i=nd_7ygX=WuaegK6zMRypxRYH8nfGw6FLPAA1Fg@mail.gmail.com>

Zitat von Ralf Thielow <ralf.thielow@googlemail.com>:

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> On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 12:09 PM, Thomas Rast <trast@inf.ethz.ch> wrote:
>>
>> Good point.  In addition, both "folgen" and "verfolgen" have the problem
>> that several derived words sound funny; e.g. "verfolgt" and "folgend".
>>
>> How about "beobachten" (for the English readers, roughly "observe") or
>> "beachten" ("pay attention to") for this meaning of tracking?  The
>> latter even forms a nice group with "unbeachtet" and "ignoriert".
>>
>> You could use "folgen" in the remote-tracking sense instead?
>
> Good suggestions.
>
> I personally prefer "beobachten" for tracked files/contents

Indeed, very good suggestions. Thanks.

> and, as you
> said, "folgen" in the remote-tracking sense. But I wouldn't use
> "ignoriert" because it has another meaning in git.

Yes, absolutely. Agreed. Thanks a lot.

Regards,

Christian