Re: [PATCH] l10n: de.po: translate "index" as "Index"

From: Ralf Thielow <ralf.thielow@gmail.com>
Date: Jun 5, 2015, 19:20 UTC
Message-ID: <CAN0XMOJ8AWzOgOsAqU61DbWTUBfC8Qc57AnVxtNjHeEOkpvOLg@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <3813728.oJDPxEPYet@cs-pc>

Christian Stimming <stimming@tuhh.de> wrote:

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> Am Montag, 1. Juni 2015, 09:38:37 schrieb git@drmicha.warpmail.net:
>> Ralf Thielow venit, vidit, dixit 29.05.2015 20:54:
>> > The term "index" is translated as "Staging-Area" to
>> > not confuse beginners who don't know about Git's index.
>> >
>> > Since the term "staging area" doesn't appear in original
>> > Git messages (not even in the glossary) and "index" is a
>> > well known term for experienced users, we should treat
>> > "index" as a Git term and therefore don't translate it.
>>
>> Super! :)
>
> Sorry to contradict, but: No, not super.
>
> Again I question the whole point of such a denglish translation. Do you want
> to present the git wording to those experienced users who know git anyway?

A very good reason why we use denglish translation is that the majority of German (e)books don't translate Git terms (at least the (e)books I know). So why should we confuse users, who read books and stuff, with a translation that translates every single Git term and therefore the user is confused and can't find it in books, nor in articles on the internet.

Having said that, I think we should translate as "staging area" if the message is about content in the index. I'll send a new version of the patch.

Ralf