[Phpwiki-talk] Re: the words 'diff' and "Vergleichen"

[Reini U. <ru...@x-...>]

Steve Wainstead schrieb:
> I've never been happy with the word 'diff' because it's a Unix tool, and
> about 0.000001% of the world's population knows that. For the common user
> the word has no meaning.
> 
> But I've yet to think of a suitable replacement. The word is nice and
> small. 'CompareToPreviousVersion' is too clunky. Still, I suppose meaning
> over brevity should be the rule. What's the literal translation of
> Vergleichen?

Vergleichen <=> Compare

but why not use the association to the well established term diff?
Difference <=> Unterschied

Carsten, 
There some more problems with your german vocabulary, 
but I have a 1.1.02 deadline. I'll come to de.po later.

> On Thu, 27 Dec 2001, Carsten Klapp wrote:
> > I appreciate this great feedback because my German grammar and vocabulary
> > is a little weak, especially when it comes to computers. (Hah, I was
> > surprised the first time I read about "Speicher" in a German computer
> > magazine.)
> >
> > I have no problems with your alterations. I have some time now to make the
> > changes, or you could do them yourself.
> >
> > The Anmelden/Ausmelden I had borrowed from yahoo.de. I've also seen the
> > word 'Link' und 'Links' elsewhere on the Internet used untranslated, and
> > also if there already is a WikiPrecedent (so to speak) for leaving
> > BackLinks untranslated then I agree, let's stick with that.
> >
> > How do you feel about using Vergleichen for diff? This one I really wasn't
> > sure whether to translate, and then I thought of "Äpfel mit Birnen
> > vergleichen". The abbreviated form (vgl.) also seems a little strange to
> > me, but it is the correct abbreviated form according to
> > <http://dict.leo.org>.
> >
> >
> > (Also of interest, apparently operating systems like Mac and Windows each
> > use different German words for things like buttons, checkboxes etc. but I
> > don't know any specific examples.)
> >
> > Carsten
> >
> > On Thursday, December 27, 2001, at 04:11  am, Reini Urban wrote:
> >
> > > Carsten Klapp schrieb:
> > >> ! #: ../templates/browse.html:96
> > >>   msgid "SignOut"
> > >>   msgstr "Ausmelden"
> > >> ! #: ../templates/browse.html:98 ../templates/editpage.html:72
> > >>   msgid "SignIn"
> > >>   msgstr "Anmelden"
> > >> ! #: ../lib/plugin/BackLinks.php:9 ../templates/editpage.html:24
> > >>   msgid "BackLinks"
> > >>   msgstr "Querverbindungen"
> > >
> > > I don't like these translations.
> > > First the words, second the words should be apparent phpwiki pages.
> > > (MagicPages in my lingo: Pages associated with certain actions)
> > >
> > > my suggestions:
> > >
> > > SignOut:   AbMelden
> > > SignIn:    AnMelden
> > >
> > > BackLinks: BackLinks
> > > "All pages which have links to this page".
> > > This should be left untranslated imho.
> > > See the german DseWiki
> > > http://www.wikiservice.at/dse/wiki.cgi?BackLinkFunktion
> > > which also left it untranslated.
> > >
> > > "QuerVerbindungen" denotes a parallel link, something like
> > > RelatedPages or LikePages or NearestPages.
> > > "RückVerbindungen" is horrible.
-- 
Reini Urban
http://xarch.tu-graz.ac.at/home/rurban/