From: Greg Troxel <gdt@ir.bbn.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2012 12:15:38 GMT
Subject: Re: Message from 'git-rebase'; German translation
Message-ID: <rmi7grjty51.fsf@fnord.ir.bbn.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAN0XMO+Dd9S7j9Ujudcy+O3GwwBX1CvRPQTYWxymmEu=2bg7ww@mail.gmail.com>


Ralf Thielow <ralf.thielow@gmail.com> writes:

> 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 :-)