Re: [Question] Translation Dictionary

["Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Feb 03 2022, Jean-Noël Avila wrote:

> Hi Randall,
>
> I guess not all git translators are subscribed to the mailing list, as
> they mostly interact with Jiang. I put them in cc.
>
> For French, I try to maintain a glossary of terms in the header of the
> `fr.po` file, available here:
> https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/po/fr.po

I started trying to come up with something similar for the Icelandic
translation I plan on getting to any day now (for ~11 years and
counting).

I think it would be a really good addition to git to move this list into
a built-in or an option for "git help", something like:

    git i18n-terms

Or:

    git help --common-terms

It would help users that use a non-English a lot, since they could use
it as a reliable cheatsheet, and it would clearly help translators,
since it could be one of the first things they'd translate, to anchor
themselves when it comes to translating blob/tree/commit/tag etc.

If you're interested I can help you come up with that. Basically it
would be some "static" array with that table as C code with strings
marked with N_(). We could then add optional explanations as in
gitglossary(7) (and even eventually generate that documentation from
that code).

> Le 29/01/2022 à 20:35, rsbecker@nexbridge.com a écrit :
>> To the git translators.
>>
>> I was wondering whether there is an official translation dictionary for
>> git-related terms. At times, I am asked to provide presentations with an
>> initial translation to companies in various parts of the world. It would be
>> nice to be able to follow the official set of terms used in git
>> translations. Does such a thing exist?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Randall
>>
>> --
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>> UNIX(421664400)
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>> -- In real life, I talk too much.
>>
>>
>>