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

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Ralf Thielow <ralf.thielow@googlemail.com>
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May 7, 2012, 11:08 UTC
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On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 12:09 PM, Thomas Rast <trast@inf.ethz.ch> wrote:
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> 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?
>
Good suggestions.

I personally prefer "beobachten" for tracked files/contents and, as you said, "folgen" in the remote-tracking sense. But I wouldn't use "ignoriert" because it has another meaning in git.

Ralf
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Message 6 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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