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Re: Message from 'git-rebase'; German translation

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GTGreg Troxel <gdt@ir.bbn.com>
Date
Sep 24, 2012, 12:15 UTC
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Ralf Thielow <ralf.thielow@gmail.com> writes:
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> On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 11:57 PM, Sascha Cunz <sascha-ml@babbelbox.org> wrote:
>> Original:
>> ... and I wonder if you are in the middle of another rebase.
>>
>> German git translation:
>> ... und es wäre verwunderlich, wenn ein Neuaufbau bereits im Gange ist.
>>
>> And a re-translation back to English from my understanding as native German
>> speaker:
>> ... and it would be astonishing (=i'd be surprised), if a rebase was already
>> in progress.

Perhaps the English wording should be made more clear; the fact that translation is difficult is a clue that it may be hard to understand, particularly for non-native-English-Speakers (albeit an ambiguous one; I realize translation is hard).

> We try to avoid translating terms like "I wonder if.." and similar as
> "ich wundere mich", because it's very unusual in German messages
> of computer programs. Translators should have the freedom to reword
It's unusual in English too :-)
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Message 9 of 11 in “Message from 'git-rebase'; German translation”
  1. Sascha CunzSep 22, 2012
  2. Ralf ThielowSep 23, 2012
  3. knittlSep 23, 2012
  4. Sascha CunzSep 23, 2012
  5. Sascha CunzSep 23, 2012
  6. Ralf ThielowSep 23, 2012
  7. Sascha CunzSep 23, 2012
  8. Jan EngelhardtSep 23, 2012
  9. Greg TroxelSep 24, 2012
  10. Thomas HochsteinSep 24, 2012
  11. Michael J GruberSep 24, 2012

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