Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] Update po/ja.po

[Yamada Saburo <devil.tamachan@gmail.com>]

Is free translation impossible? I want to give priority to ease of use.
Does Mr. Hamano know that it is said that Japanese translation of
Git-gui is very unclear? It is wonderful that my translation is
severely examined so far by me compared with a former translator.

Compiled .msg file so that it can try easily was uploaded.
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B7h5NcRw8uVCSHMyVnFzQzJaZFU/edit?usp=sharing

2013/7/23 Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>:
> Yamada Saburo <devil.tamachan@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> -#: git-gui.sh:2893
>> +#: git-gui.sh:2983 git-gui.sh:3115
>> +msgid "Usage"
>> +msgstr "使用状況"
>
> Is this correct?  I am not familiar with the context this string
> appears, but shouldn't it be "使い方"?
>
>> -#: lib/choose_repository.tcl:479
>> +#: lib/choose_repository.tcl:480
>>  msgid "Source Location:"
>>  msgstr "ソースの位置"
>>
>> -#: lib/choose_repository.tcl:490
>> +#: lib/choose_repository.tcl:489
>>  msgid "Target Directory:"
>> -msgstr "先ディレクトリ:"
>> +msgstr "保存ディレクトリ:"
>
> I think this is better translation than the original (the Target is
> about where the new clone appears), but a few lines above we see
> "Source Location", which may want to be reworded.  Perhaps
>
>     クローン元リポジトリ
>     クローン先リポジトリ
>
> ???
>
>> -#: lib/commit.tcl:272
>> +#: lib/commit.tcl:269
>> +msgid ""
>> +"You are about to commit on a detached head. This is a potentially dangerous "
>> +"thing to do because if you switch to another branch you will lose your "
>> +"changes and it can be difficult to retrieve them later from the reflog. You "
>> +"should probably cancel this commit and create a new branch to continue.\n"
>> +" \n"
>> +" Do you really want to proceed with your Commit?"
>> +msgstr ""
>> +"あなたはdetached "
>> +"head状態でコミットしようとしています。これは危険な操作です。もし続行すれば、他ブランチへ切り替えた際に変更を失ったり、reflogで変更を復元することが困難になります。あなたは次の操作をするべきです。1.
>> "
>
> The line wrapping of this look somewhat fishy.  It technically is
> correct, but ending the line with an explicit \n and closing dq,
> i.e.
>
>         "あなたはdetached head状態...べきです。\n"
>
> would be more natural and less error prone.
>
> Also, the original says "potentially dangerous", but "potentially"
> is lost in translation.  I am not sure if the difference matters
> very much, but since I noticed it....
>
>> +"このコミットをキャンセルする。2. 新しいブランチを作り、コミットし直す。\n"
>
> Also, the original doesn't say "1. cancel this commit. 2. Create a
> new branch to recommit", and it is better without 1./2., which may
> be mistaken as if the user can do one of two things.
>
>> +"\n"
>> +"本当にこの危険なコミットを実行しますか？"
>
> The last sentence in the original only says "your Commit", without
> saying "Dangerous".
>
> In short, the translated text is far more alarming than the original
> phrasing.
>
>> -#: lib/option.tcl:132
>> +#: lib/option.tcl:134
>>  msgid "Global (All Repositories)"
>> -msgstr "大域（全てのリポジトリ）"
>> +msgstr "標準設定（全てのリポジトリ）"
>
> The translation reads "Standard", not "Global".  「全体設定」, perhaps?
>
>> -#: lib/option.tcl:142
>> +#: lib/option.tcl:144
>>  msgid "Merge Verbosity"
>> -msgstr "マージの冗長度"
>> +msgstr "マージのエラー出力レベル (0-5, 標準2、最高5)(merge.verbosity)"
>
> The original does not have 0-5, 2, nor 5.  Translation shouldn't add
> one.
>
> If it will help the users to add these, please first add them to the
> original so that users of all languages would benefit and then
> translate the result.
>
>> -#: lib/option.tcl:143
>> +#: lib/option.tcl:145
>>  msgid "Show Diffstat After Merge"
>> -msgstr "マージ後に diffstat を表示"
>> +msgstr "マージ後に変更量のグラフを表示 (git diff --stat)"
>
> Ditto.
>
>> -#: lib/option.tcl:150
>> +#: lib/option.tcl:153
>>  msgid "Minimum Letters To Blame Copy On"
>> -msgstr "コピーを検知する最少文字数"
>> +msgstr "他ファイルから移動/コピーを検知する最少文字数 (標準値40)"
>
> Ditto.
>
> Pat, this patch is not quite ready.
>
> Thanks.