Re: [PATCH 13/15] gettextize: git-revert messages using the "me" variable

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Sep 10, 2010, 00:26 UTC
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In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimTG1FbR988c6cQHQsQ4k6__HVVByt5O0g-pe67@mail.gmail.com>

Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> writes:

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> On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 05:39, Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:
>>> On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 18:50, Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>> Not good, in my opinion.  The dialogue ought to look like this, I think:
>>>>
>>>>  $ git cherry-pick astermay
>>>>  ...
>>>>  fatal: cherry-pick: Unableway otay itewray ewnay indexway ilefay
>> [...]
>>> I don't know if all of the above hold true, e.g. because some
>>> languages will always transliterate things, even proper nouns.
>>>
>>> But as mentioned before the string is probably being used in too many
>>> different contexts for it to be useful to them.
>>
>> Hmm, okay.  Do you mean languages like Japanese or something else?  At
>> any rate, I guess you are right that this is too complicated for the
>> moment.
>
> The languages here that translate "Wikipedia" differently than
> "Wikipedia" are a pretty good indicator:
>
>     http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Waldir/Logos_and_slogans

I don't think so, unless you are translating the git subcommand names.

If your translated git lets/forces you to say

  $  git ckcherry-piay astermay

then that is a different story. It might be very reasonable to translate the "fatal:" message to

    alfatay: ckcherry-piay: Unableway otay itewray ewnay indexway ilefay

and it probably becomes a fair comparison with the wikipedia situation, but otherwise no.