Re: [translate-discuss-st] Mantswe

[F W. <fr...@tr...>]

Op Ma, 2009-08-24 om 16:29 +0200 skryf Abe Mathibela:
> Dumelang ,

Dumelang

> Ka kopo nthuseng hle, ke batla phetolelo ya mantswe ana:

If I have it right you are translating Virtaal. For those interested in
what we are talking about, check the website about Virtaal, a nice
translation program:

http://translate.sourceforge.net/wiki/virtaal/index

I can't help much with Sotho, but perhaps some ideas and information
could be useful

> Terminology
> string

This can be seen line a "string of characters", so perhaps something
like a string of beads? You can also translate it with something like
"message", but I would avoid something in the direction of "sentence",
since a string can contain more than one sentence.

> placeable

Please check this page for background information:
http://translate.sourceforge.net/wiki/virtaal/placeables

This term was also discussed by other translators on the mailing list of
Virtaal developers:

http://markmail.org/message/orzhyibaqquclnam
http://markmail.org/thread/xao45jx6v7hrjloa


> target

Afrikaans sometimes uses the term "doel(taal)" (purpose/target) for
translating "target language. Perhaps that gives you some ideas.

> localisation
> automatically
> java

Just like Python, Java is a programming language, and the name should
probably be left unchanged.

> Templaite
> 
> Ke se ke lebohile ka thuso ya lona.


Keep well
Friedel



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