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

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Thomas Rast <trast@inf.ethz.ch>
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May 7, 2012, 10:09 UTC
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Christian Stimming <stimming@tuhh.de> writes:
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> Am Freitag, 4. Mai 2012, 21:48:23 schrieb Ralf Thielow:
>> The word "track" was translated as "verfolgt"
>> which is not the correct word for it. We've
>> changed it to "folgen".
>
> I'm not so sure about this choice. We're talking about files which are tracked 
> by git (i.e. being versioned) vs. files or content that are not tracked, i.e. 
> those are just existing in the working copy's directory but are not tracked by 
> git. I think from the point of view of git, the content of the files is being 
> "verfolgt" vs. "nicht verfolgt", as git checks whether the content is changing 
> vs. git doesn't check this. Saying "folgen" here rather sounds like git is 
> following something, just as your twitter account is following other 
> twitterers. Consider a choicebox "Änderungen dieser Datei verfolgen" vs. 
> "Änderungen dieser Datei folgen". In the former case, git is the subject and 
> it is tracking the file's content. In the latter case, the file is the subject 
> and git is triggered into some action when the file content changes. I think 
> the former fits the use case more.

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?
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Thomas Rast
trast@{inf,student}.ethz.ch
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Message 5 of 12 in “l10n: de.po: improvements”
  1. 0/5 l10n: de.po: improvementsRalf Thielow, May 4, 2012
  2. 1/5 l10n: add new members to German translation teamRalf Thielow, May 4, 2012
  3. 2/5 l10n: de.po: translate "track" as "folgen"Ralf Thielow, May 4, 2012
  4. Christian StimmingMay 6, 2012
  5. Thomas RastMay 7, 2012
  6. Ralf ThielowMay 7, 2012
  7. Christian StimmingMay 7, 2012
  8. Thomas RastMay 7, 2012
  9. Ralf ThielowMay 7, 2012
  10. 3/5 l10n: de.po: translate "remote" as "extern"Ralf Thielow, May 4, 2012
  11. 4/5 l10n: de.po: collection of improvementsRalf Thielow, May 4, 2012
  12. 5/5 l10n: de.po: unify translation of "ahead" and "behind"Ralf Thielow, May 4, 2012

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