[haiku-development] [Locale Kit] German localization of locale preferences

  • From: Colin Günther <coling@xxxxxx>
  • To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:35:38 +0200

Hi,
I've made a patch to the de.catkeys (r33348) of the locale preflet, where I changed the translation to a more natural kind of german. But now I'm unsure how to handle this, because there are always several ways to translate something and what feels more natural to me, may not to others. So, who decides which translation is more appropriated? I think pulkomandy (the locale kit maintainer IIRC) will be overwhelmed with this as he is a native french speaker (that is what I guess seeing all those fr.catkeys made by him :).

I suggest to introduce some kind of language manager, to cultivate a uniform linguistic usage within one language. For german I'm willing to do that, if there is no one else.

Best Regards
-Colin
Index: de.catkeys
===================================================================
--- de.catkeys  (revision 33349)
+++ de.catkeys  (working copy)
@@ -1,46 +1,46 @@
 1      de      x-vnd.Haiku-Locale      2641784784
-day of week (short name)       TimeFormatSettings              Tag der Woche 
(Abkz.)
+day of week (short name)       TimeFormatSettings              Wochentag 
(Abkz.)
 Available languages    Locale Preflet Window           Verfügbare Sprachen
-Decimal separator      TimeFormatSettings              Dezimal Separator
-Separator:     TimeFormatSettings              Separator:
-Year (4 digits)        TimeFormatSettings              Jahr (4 Zahlen)
-After  TimeFormatSettings              Nach
+Decimal separator      TimeFormatSettings              Dezimaltrennzeichen
+Separator:     TimeFormatSettings              Trennzeichen:
+Year (4 digits)        TimeFormatSettings              Jahr (4-stellig)
+After  TimeFormatSettings              Danach
 Long format:   TimeFormatSettings              langes Format:
-Before TimeFormatSettings              Vorher
+Before TimeFormatSettings              Davor
 Currency       TimeFormatSettings              Währung
 Year   TimeFormatSettings              Jahr
 Short format:  TimeFormatSettings              Kurzformat:
 Currency symbol:       TimeFormatSettings              Währungssymbol:
 Space  TimeFormatSettings              Abstand
 Language       Locale Preflet Window           Sprache
-Thousand separator     TimeFormatSettings              Separator für Tausend
-Year (2 digits)        TimeFormatSettings              Jahr (2 Zahlen)
+Thousand separator     TimeFormatSettings              Tausendertrennzeichen
+Year (2 digits)        TimeFormatSettings              Jahr (2-stellig)
 Preferred languages    Locale Preflet Window           Bevorzugte Sprache
-Symbol position        TimeFormatSettings              Symbol Position
-month number   TimeFormatSettings              Nummer des Monats
-month number (2 digits)        TimeFormatSettings              Nummer des 
Monats (2 Zahlen)
-Unable to find the available languages!You can't use this preflet!     Locale 
Preflet Window           Nicht möglich die Sprachen die zur Verfügung stehen zu 
laden. Einstellungsdialog kann nicht geladen werden !
+Symbol position        TimeFormatSettings              Symbolposition
+month number   TimeFormatSettings              Monatsnummer
+month number (2 digits)        TimeFormatSettings              Monatsnummer 
(2-stellig)
+Unable to find the available languages!You can't use this preflet!     Locale 
Preflet Window           Unmöglich die verfügbaren Sprachen zu laden. Preflet 
kann nicht geladen werden !
 Numbers        TimeFormatSettings              Nummern
  (unknown format)      TimeFormatSettings               (unbekanntes Format)
-Negative marker:       TimeFormatSettings              Negativ Zeichen:
-Defaults       Locale Preflet Window           Standard
+Negative marker:       TimeFormatSettings              Minuseichen:
+Defaults       Locale Preflet Window           Standards
 Locale\n\twritten by Axel Dörfler\n\tCopyright 2005, Haiku.\n\n        Locale 
Preflet          Locale\n\geschrieben von Axel Dörfler\n\tCopyright 2009, 
Haiku.\n\n
-Separator      TimeFormatSettings              Separator
+Separator      TimeFormatSettings              Trennzeichen
 Country        Locale Preflet Window           Land
 Revert Locale Preflet Window           Zurücksetzen
 day in month   TimeFormatSettings              Tag des Monats
-day of week in month   TimeFormatSettings              Tag der Woche im Monat
-Negative marker        TimeFormatSettings              Negativ Zeichen
+day of week in month   TimeFormatSettings              Wochentag im Monat
+Negative marker        TimeFormatSettings              Minuszeichen
 Ok     Locale Preflet Window           Ok
 Time   TimeFormatSettings              Zeit
 Date   TimeFormatSettings              Datum
-List separator TimeFormatSettings              Listenseparator
-day of week    TimeFormatSettings              Tag der Woche
+List separator TimeFormatSettings              Listentrennzeichen
+day of week    TimeFormatSettings              Wochentag
 None   TimeFormatSettings              Nichts
-day in month (2 digits)        TimeFormatSettings              Tag im Monat (2 
Zahlen)
+day in month (2 digits)        TimeFormatSettings              Tag des Monats 
(2-stellig)
 Clock  TimeFormatSettings              Uhr
 Example:       TimeFormatSettings              Beispiel:
-day of week (name)     TimeFormatSettings              Tag der Woche (Name)
-month name     TimeFormatSettings              Name des Monats
+day of week (name)     TimeFormatSettings              Wochentag (Name)
+month name     TimeFormatSettings              Monatsname
 Day    TimeFormatSettings              Tag
-Leading 0      TimeFormatSettings              0 initial
+Leading 0      TimeFormatSettings              Führende 0

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