Re: [Scrollkeeper-devel] Translating scrollkeeper: Need context

[Malcolm T. <ma...@co...>]

Hi =C3=85smund,

On Tue, 2004-04-27 at 08:49 +0200, =C3=85smund Skj=C3=A6veland wrote:
> I'm translating scrollkeeper to Norwegian Nynorsk (lang code nn). Some
> strings are giving me trouble, and some context would be welcome.
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> I'm not on the scrollkeeper-devel list, please Cc: me.
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> Working version: 0.3.15-pre1

OK, all of the messages you are querying about are from the "table of
contents" file. So they will all be headings referring to types of
programs or applications or documents.

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> #: cl/templates/scrollkeeper_cl.xml.in.h:28
> msgid "Calculating"
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> As in "I'm calculating, please wait", or some other sense?

This is a sub-heading under the "Utilities" heading. So it can be viewed
as the adjectival part of the phrase "Calculating utilities". Does this
help with the translation (I have no knowledge of Norweigian, so I am
unaware of what problems you are going to have with gender modifiers,
etc).


> #: cl/templates/scrollkeeper_cl.xml.in.h:31
> msgid "Capture"
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> Capture what?

As in "capture a screenshot", "capture an image", etc. It is a
sub-heading in the multimedia group of items.

> #: cl/templates/scrollkeeper_cl.xml.in.h:43
> msgid "Core Desktop"

As in "core desktop applications in the GNOME desktop".

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> #: cl/templates/scrollkeeper_cl.xml.in.h:55
> msgid "Display"
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> Verb or noun? X11 sense or other?

Used as a synonym for "presentation". In the sense of "Video display
applications".

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> #: cl/templates/scrollkeeper_cl.xml.in.h:131
> msgid "Puzzles"
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> Jigsaw puzzle? Mind twister?

Probably more like the former. Used to describe a type of game, rather
than as a verb. So we have arcade games, role-playing games,
puzzles, ...

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> #: cl/templates/scrollkeeper_cl.xml.in.h:134
> msgid "RAD"
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> Research And Development?

Rapid Application Development.

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> #: cl/templates/scrollkeeper_cl.xml.in.h:183
> msgid "White Papers"
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> Huh?

This is a somewhat colloquial term for descriptive papers, often in a
sort of marketing area, although not exclusively so. Somebody might
write a white paper describing the features and benefits of using
product X. In this case, the "white papers" heading is under
"development", so we are talking about articles that might describe the
benefits of using CORBA or KParts or C++ or whatever. Not a tutorial or
a user guide, just a general discussion around the features, benefits,
drawbacks, etc.

It is a fairly common business term in English, but I have no idea how
it translates into any other language. Based on your confusion, I
suspect a literal translation does not work for Nynorsk.

If I can clarify any of this further, please let me know and I will try
to accomodate.

Cheers,
Malcolm