[Gramps-devel] Re: Russian translation

[Marcos B. <bed...@ya...>]

Hi,

>Although, now that I got it, I see another issue
>emerging here:
>Once removed cousins are in a symmetrical
>relationship, right? Take yourself and your mother's
>cousin: you are 1st cousins once removed from each
>other, and that can be said for both of you.

>In Russian, though, the relationship is not
>symmetrical:
>for the same pair of people, your mom's cousing
>would be a "second aunt/uncle" to you, and you would
>be something like a "second niece/nephew" to her/him.

We have the same problem in Portuguese. My approach to
this problem was a bit different than Bernd's.

I translated this string:
"%(p1)s is the first cousin once removed of %(p2)s."

...into something like this:

"They are distant cousins. One of the ancestors of
%(p1)s, one generation above (parents), is a direct
cousin of %(p2)s, or vice-versa."

Or, for the sake of the example, let's take a second
cousin "n" times removed. My string looks like:

"They are distant cousins. One of the ancestors of
%(p1)s, %(removed)d generations above, is a second
degree cousin of %(p2)s, or vice-versa."

(They are distant cousins. One of the ancestors of
Steve, 3 generations above, is a second degree cousin
of Mike, or vice-versa).

I use the "vice-versa" because we don't know whether:

1) Steve's ancestor is the second degree cousin of
Mike

or

2) Mike's ancestor is the second degree cousin of
Steve.


The way I have the translations now seems to have a
better result for those who are not familiar with
"proper" genealogy terms (e.g. my own family).

I hope this helps.

Marcos

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