JBehave i18n: Some german translations in keyword_de.properties are WRONG!
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Key: JBEHAVE-440
URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/JBEHAVE-440
Project: JBehave
Issue Type: Bug
Reporter: Florian Beckmann
Attachments: keywords_de.properties
For simplicity I just pasted our mail conversation:
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Great stuff.
Thanks Florian, and thanks Mauro for being insanely responsive. You replied
before I even saw the email!
Cheers,
Dan
On 23 February 2011 14:02, Mauro Talevi <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Florian,
>
> thanks for your feedback, much appreciated.
>
> Can you please create an issue in jira at
> http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/JBEHAVE attaching the correct keywords
> and I'll add them in.
>
> As for not traslating, Story/Stories we'll take your advice.
>
> Cheers,
> Mauro
>
> On 23/02/2011 14:55, Florian Beckmann wrote:
> > Hi Dan,
> >
> > I'm using jbehave (for the first time) in a project for a german customer
> and I
> > would, of course, like to write the user stories in german.
> >
> > I had a short look into the keyword_de.properties and would like to make
> some
> > corrections/suggestions:
> >
> > 1.
> > Scenario=Scenario:
> > ---should be--->
> > Scenario=Szenario:
> >
> > Spelled with 'z' instead of 'c'.
> >
> > 2.
> > GivenStories=VorgegebeneGeschichten\:
> > ---should be--->
> > GivenStories=GegebeneStories\:
> >
> > Instead of "vorgegebene" simply use "gegebene". And I would not even
> translate
> > Story/Stories because it's already a "germanized" term, meaning it has
> been
> > accepted in the german language especially within the "business
> community".
> >
> > 3.
> > Given=Vorgegeben
> > ---should be--->
> > Given=Gegeben
> >
> > As mentioned before.
> >
> > 4.
> > When=Wann
> > ---should be--->
> > When=Wenn
> >
> > "Wann" is simply WRONG in this case. Even though a correct translation of
> the
> > word "when", but only if it is related to "time"/ a temporal term. You
> have
> > to use the conditional "Wenn" which you could also translate into english
> as
> > "if": http://german.about.com/library/blconfus_wann.htm
> >
> > 5.
> > NotPerformed=NICHT ERF\u00DCLLT
> > ---should be--->
> > NotPerformed=NICHT AUSGEF\u00DCHRT
> >
> > "To perform" is "ausführen" in german, hence "NICHT AUSGEFÜHRT" would be
> the
> > correct translation. "Erfüllen/erfüllt" actually means "fullfilled"
> >
> > That's it!
> >
> > I attached the corrected properties file. Would be nice if you or someone
> from
> > the jbehave team could include it in the next release if possible.
> >
> > I know this will break compatibility with older releases, but since one
> of the
> > main keywords ("when") is translated completely wrong I can hardly
> imagine
> > that someone used the german translations yet. Actually it should even be
> > replaced/patched in older releases.
> >
> > cheers
> > Florian Beckmann
> >
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