Re: English/German terminology, git.git's de.po, and pro-git

From: Holger Hellmuth (IKS) <hellmuth@ira.uka.de>
Date: May 15, 2013, 10:23 UTC
Message-ID: <51936218.9020306@ira.uka.de>
In-Reply-To: <CAN0XMOL3rkYDinSCN2GLaRj7dOvbF=SdMRxM4PHCZ5h7g5Nkkw@mail.gmail.com>

Am 14.05.2013 19:51, schrieb Ralf Thielow:

> - repository = Projektarchiv
> - bare repository = bloßes Projektarchiv
> + repository = Projektarchiv, (or just Repository?)
> + bare repository = bloßes Projektarchiv (-||-), (reines, pures Repository)

I would vote for Repository or if it needs to be translated, simply Archiv. Neither Projektarchiv nor Archiv is commonly used by me but Archiv is shorter and not everything in a repository is a project.

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> I'm not sure about using "Repository". I think "Projektarchiv" is
> actually good enough.
>
> - committer = Eintragender
> - tagger = Markierer
> + committer = Eintragender (or Committer, Commit-Ersteller)
> + tagger = Markierer (or Tagger, Tag-Ersteller)
> ...[each usage of commit and tag]...

Both "commit" and "tag" are used in commands so with the exception of the place where they are defined the english words should be used. I think Commit-/Tag-Ersteller actually sounds fine and german enough so no one notices there is an english word in there ;-)

> + branch = Zweig (or Branch)
>
> I think "Zweig" is already fine.

Same reason, branch is used as a command and should not be translated. But "Zweig" is a really natural and together with "Baum" fitting translation, so I'm conflicted here.