Re: [PATCH] Spanish translation of gitk.

From: Wincent Colaiuta <win@wincent.com>
Date: Mar 24, 2008, 11:08 UTC
Message-ID: <F90B5D52-0E47-4231-A9D3-4078C5EB6594@wincent.com>
In-Reply-To: <loom.20080324T091855-5@post.gmane.org>

El 24/3/2008, a las 11:07, Santiago Gala escribió:

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> Wincent Colaiuta <win <at> wincent.com> writes:
>
>> Great job on the translation! Some feedback follows:
>>
>> El 24/3/2008, a las 0:58, sgala <at> marlow.memojo.com escribió:
>>
>>> +#: gitk:275
>>> +msgid "Can't parse git log output:"
>>> +msgstr "No puedo analizar la salida de git log:"
>>
>> Wouldn't it be normal to use an impersonal form there? ie. "No se
>> puede analizar" instead of "No puedo analizar"
>
> Well, "no se puede" has 3 more characters than "no puedo", this was  
> the
> primary reason why I switched to the first person form. Spanish is  
> way more
> verbose than English.

Yes, I know, in many cases it is.

> what about "Error analizando la salida de git log:"?
> it is impersonal and shorter than the original one.

I think that's better. The first person form really stands out like a sore thumb because basically _all_ of the output from the computer is in an impersonal form, and all of a sudden the computer starts telling you "_I_ couldn't process this!" as though it were a person.

If you really care about length, you _might_ consider saving 3 more chars with:

"Error al leer la salida de git log"

But that's arguably starting to drift further away from the original English meaning (parse -> read as opposed to parse -> analyze).

Cheers, Wincent