Bonjour Christian,
Frank Küster <fr...@debian.org> wrote:
> Hallo Chris,
>
>> please find attached the German debconf translation of texlive-base.
>
> I slightly disagree on some of the translations.
One of the points relates to a change that has been made in the english
template review process. There seems to be a rule that makes sense in
English, but I think its result is horrible in German. Can you comment
on this?
> Chris Leick <c.le...@vollbio.de> wrote:
>
>> #. Type: error
>> #. Description
>> #: ../templates:2001
>> msgid "Unmanageable system paper size (${libpaperPaper})"
>> msgstr "Nicht verwaltbare Systempapiergröße (${libpaperPaper})"
>
> This is correct, but I find it horrible to read in German. Is there any
> rule no to use a short sentence like "systemweite Papiergröße kann nicht
> eingestellt werden"? At least we should use "systemweite Papiergröße"
> as in later translations.
The change to the templates was:
-_Description: TeX configuration cannot handle the system paper size
${libpaperPaper}
+_Description: Unmanageable system paper size (${libpaperPaper})
In English, the change results in a shorter phrase which is easy to
understand - and I hope it sounds good for native speakers.
In German, the original translates quite well to what I suggested above,
although I didn't remember the original wording. Whereas the
translation of the changed english phrase sounds ugly and quirky to me.
I would expect such a wording in an administrative decision, written by
a clerk that doesn't care about language at all.
Regards, Frank
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Frank Küster
Sprecher B90/Grüne OV Miltenberg und Umgebung
VCD Miltenberg, ADFC Aschaffenburg-Miltenberg
Debian Developer (TeXLive)
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