Re: Message from 'git-rebase'; German translation

> On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 11:57 PM, Sascha Cunz <sascha-ml@babbelbox.org> wrote:
>> However, git-rebase just threw these two sentences at me (And though i know
>> their meaning, i couldn't get the meaning from the message, it gave). Both are
>> in context of starting a rebase while one is already in progress.
>>
>> first is:
>>
>> Original:
>> ... and I wonder if you are in the middle of another rebase.
>>
>> German git translation:
>> ... und es wäre verwunderlich, wenn ein Neuaufbau bereits im Gange ist.
>>
>> And a re-translation back to English from my understanding as native German
>> speaker:
>> ... and it would be astonishing (=i'd be surprised), if a rebase was already
>> in progress.
>>
>
> We try to avoid translating terms like "I wonder if.." and similar as
> "ich wundere mich", because it's very unusual in German messages
> of computer programs. Translators should have the freedom to reword
> terms a bit to make a more optimal translation, but the meaning must
> not be lost, and I can't say that this is the case.
> Translate the term "in the middle of"  word-by-word would result in
> "in der Mitte eines", which can be interpreted as a place somewhere
> or that an action is in progress. To avoid a possible confusion, we
> decided to translate this term as "im Gange sein" ("be in progress") in
> the whole translation. I also think that "in der Mitte einer Zusammenführung
> sein" doesn't sound really good. It tends to mean a place, not an action.

>> And second:
>>
>> Original:
>> I am stopping in case you still have something valuable there.
>>
>> German git translation:
>> Es wird angehalten, falls bereits etwas Nützliches vorhanden ist.
>>
>> I wanted to point out that "etwas Nützliches" is more "something useful" that
>> "something valuable". But the more I thought about it, the more it started to
>
> I've been thinking about possible different translations, and the only
> one I have in
> mind is "wertvoll". But translating "valuable" as "wertvoll" ("bereits
> etwas Wertvolles
> vorhanden") sounds a bit like "we've found a treasure", instead of
> something which
> has a value in the meaning of content. I think having a translation
> which is more
> like "useful" than "valuable" does also hit the point of the message,
> doesn't it?