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Re: English/German terminology, git.git's de.po, and pro-git

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Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
Date
May 22, 2013, 16:43 UTC
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On Wednesday 2013-05-22 17:52, Holger Hellmuth (IKS) wrote:
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>> Not sure if German users would know what "hunk" means, in case we
>> leave it untranslated. And I'm not sure if I would understand "Kontext".
>> I tend to leave it untranslated.
>
> I don't think "Bereich" is a bad choice. As "hunk" is not a word with special
> meaning in cvs and not used in any commands I don't see a lot of reasons to
> keep it in english.

hunk is chunk without a c, but otherwise with pretty much the same meaning. Especially when it rejects :)

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  1. Thomas RastMay 13, 2013
  2. Jan EngelhardtMay 13, 2013
  3. Jens LehmannMay 13, 2013
  4. AW: English/German terminology, git.git's de.po, and pro-gitRalph Haußmann, May 13, 2013
  5. Jan EngelhardtMay 13, 2013
  6. Ralf ThielowMay 14, 2013
  7. Holger Hellmuth (IKS)May 15, 2013
  8. Jens LehmannMay 15, 2013
  9. Jan EngelhardtMay 15, 2013
  10. Jens LehmannMay 15, 2013
  11. Jan EngelhardtMay 15, 2013
  12. Holger Hellmuth (IKS)May 15, 2013
  13. Jan EngelhardtMay 15, 2013
  14. Ralf ThielowMay 16, 2013
  15. Holger Hellmuth (IKS)May 16, 2013
  16. Ralf ThielowMay 19, 2013
  17. Ralf ThielowMay 19, 2013
  18. Holger HellmuthMay 20, 2013
  19. Ralf ThielowMay 22, 2013
  20. Thomas RastMay 16, 2013
  21. Ralf ThielowMay 19, 2013
  22. Ralf ThielowMay 19, 2013
  23. Christian StimmingMay 20, 2013
  24. Ralf ThielowMay 22, 2013
  25. Holger Hellmuth (IKS)May 22, 2013
  26. Jan EngelhardtMay 22, 2013
  27. Bernhard R. LinkMay 23, 2013
  28. Ralf ThielowMay 24, 2013
  29. Jan EngelhardtJun 16, 2013
  30. Ralf ThielowMay 24, 2013
  31. Ralf ThielowMay 13, 2013
  32. Christian StimmingMay 16, 2013

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