From: Ralf Thielow <ralf.thielow@googlemail.com>
Date: Mon, 07 May 2012 11:08:17 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] l10n: de.po: translate "track" as "folgen"
Message-ID: <CAN0XMOJgp-i=nd_7ygX=WuaegK6zMRypxRYH8nfGw6FLPAA1Fg@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <87obq08fq5.fsf@thomas.inf.ethz.ch>

On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 12:09 PM, Thomas Rast <trast@inf.ethz.ch> wrote:
>
> 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