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Re: [PATCH de.po 5/5] de.po: collection of suggestions

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Thomas Rast <trast@inf.ethz.ch>
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May 3, 2012, 07:42 UTC
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Christian Stimming <stimming@tuhh.de> writes:
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> As one of the earlier translators: I agree with most of those as well. Thanks 
> a lot. However, one small remark:
>
> Am Mittwoch, 2. Mai 2012, 15:49:27 schrieb Thomas Rast:
>> @@ -676,11 +675,11 @@ msgstr "hinter "
>> 
>>  #: wt-status.c:908 wt-status.c:911
>>  msgid "ahead "
>> -msgstr "über "
>> +msgstr "weiter: "
>> 
>>  #: wt-status.c:913
>>  msgid ", behind "
>> -msgstr ", hinter "
>> +msgstr ", zurückgefallen "
>> 
>>  #: builtin/add.c:62
>>  #, c-format
>> @@ -903,12 +902,12 @@ msgstr "Zweig '%s' zeigt auf keine Version"
>>  #: builtin/branch.c:396
>>  #, c-format
>>  msgid "behind %d] "
>> -msgstr "hinter %d] "
>> +msgstr "%d hinterher] "
>> 
>>  #: builtin/branch.c:398
>>  #, c-format
>>  msgid "ahead %d] "
>> -msgstr "vor %d] "
>> +msgstr "%d voraus] "
>
> In the above hunk, you said "ahead = weiter" and "behind = zurückgefallen", 
> but now you say "ahead = voraus" and "behind = hinterher". Is it helpful to 
> use two different translations, or shouldn't those rather be chosen 
> identically? The second set sounds somewhat better to me, but the more 
> important question is whether both hunks should use the same translations.

Yeah, sorry about that. The whole thing is a mess because of the lego going on. It would probably be better to first patch the code into shape so that it builds the displays in one step, and then translate that. As it stands, it's very hard to translate because wt-status.c does not even let you reposition the number.

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Thomas Rast
trast@{inf,student}.ethz.ch
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Message 18 of 28 in “Please pull git-po master branch”
  1. Jiang XinMay 2, 2012
  2. Junio C HamanoMay 2, 2012
  3. Thomas RastMay 2, 2012
  4. Ralf ThielowMay 2, 2012
  5. Thomas RastMay 2, 2012
  6. Ralf ThielowMay 2, 2012
  7. Christian StimmingMay 2, 2012
  8. 0/5 de.po suggested updatesThomas Rast, May 2, 2012
  9. 1/5 stash: make "saved" message translatableThomas Rast, May 2, 2012
  10. Junio C HamanoMay 2, 2012
  11. 2/5 de.po: translate "bare" as "bloß"Thomas Rast, May 2, 2012
  12. 3/5 de.po: hopefully uncontroversial fixesThomas Rast, May 2, 2012
  13. 4/5 de.po: translate "bad" as "ungültig" ("invalid")Thomas Rast, May 2, 2012
  14. 5/5 de.po: collection of suggestionsThomas Rast, May 2, 2012
  15. Ralf ThielowMay 2, 2012
  16. Thomas RastMay 2, 2012
  17. Christian StimmingMay 2, 2012
  18. Thomas RastMay 3, 2012
  19. branch: remove lego in i18n tracking info stringsNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, May 3, 2012
  20. Junio C HamanoMay 4, 2012
  21. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyMay 6, 2012
  22. Ralf ThielowMay 2, 2012
  23. Christian StimmingMay 2, 2012
  24. Junio C HamanoMay 2, 2012
  25. Jiang XinMay 3, 2012
  26. Junio C HamanoMay 3, 2012
  27. Jiang XinMay 3, 2012
  28. Thomas RastMay 3, 2012

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