[Gaim-i18n] Re: Bad language in Gaim

[Bjoern V. <bj...@cs...>]

Richard Laager wrote:
> > 6) What does "You feel a disturbance in the force..." in plugins/psyc=
hic.c mean?
>
> Feels like a Star Wars quote to me and Google confirms that. (NOTE: I'm=

> probably in the minority of Americans here, but I've never seen any of
> the Star Wars movies.)
>
> If you knew, or could find, the translation of that quote in Star Wars
> for your language, that might work. Otherwise, this type of cultural
> reference is hard to deal with. If you can't think of a fun cultural
> reference that users of your translation will understand, I'd suggest
> using a translated version of something boring like, "Your psychic
> powers say you are about to receive a message." or something.
>  =20
I suggest creating a "en_NSW" (English for Non Star Wars users)=20
translation for Gaim. So English users without Star Wars knowledge can=20
understand the messages of Gaim's psychic plugin. ;-)

To make it clear: I don't think that only the translators have problems=20
with the discussed strings. Probably also many English users have=20
problems with them. The survey results show this - many false or=20
improper answers. Normally a translation can not be better than the=20
original.

By the way: The user who asked me some weeks ago what does "You feel a=20
disturbance in the force..." in Gaim mean was someone with very good=20
English knowledge and some computer and instant messaging experience.=20
The user lived 10 years in Canada and learned English in a Canadian schoo=
l.

Greetings, Bj=F6rn