Translation questions for de.po

[Helge Kreutzmann]

Hello Olaf,
On Sun, Jan 03, 2021 at 08:04:51PM +0100, Olaf Hering wrote:
> Am Sun, 3 Jan 2021 19:15:58 +0100
> schrieb Helge Kreutzmann <debian at helgefjell.de>:
> 
> > 1. Is there a word list for German?
> 
> If such things exists, then mutt.git might be the wrong place to maintain it IMO.
> Is such list used in other projects?

Yes, many projects have such a list, e.g. the major distributrions and
desktop enviroments.

For example, you can find the one we (Debian, manpages) use at:
http://wiki.debian.org/Wortliste

> > 2. I would try to use German words where sensible, is this ok? E.g.
> >    "Username" is quite fine translated into "Benutzername" (this is a
> >    string right at the beginning).
> 
> Sure, any traces of denglisch should be removed.

Great, then I'm on the right track :-))

> > 3. Is there a convention regarding quote signs? In the translation
> >    projects we tend to use »«, but „“ is also possible. 
> 
> Right now " is used, which is probably the most compatible character.
> Will all terminals and fonts support these alternative characters?

We use »« for >> 10 years in Debian (for shell programmes), they are
in UTF and should not pose any problems. Also the man page
translations use them for very long time. The Dpkg package manager
uses „“, which I actually would prefer slightly, but I'm flexible.

> > 4. Once I provided the update, is it fine to send it here? Is there a
> >    proofreading step included somewhere?
> 
> Sure, either as diff, or as full file with a reference to the used base.

I will ask Mario, who translated the man pages for mutt, if he would
be available for review as well, then I would run the file through as
three people for review, if that is ok. I don't think it is helpful to
keep this list in the review.

Greetings

          Helge

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