On Mon, 2020-05-04 at 21:38 +0200, Ulrich Windl wrote: > > > > Caroline Villinger <[email protected]> schrieb am > > > > 03.05.2020 um > 08:11 in Nachricht > < > 13676_1588486297_5EAE6099_13676_409_1_4a35faa1-f58a-4d47-9818-a852c0f07612@goog > egroups.com>: > > Hello dear Qubes developers, > > > > I would like to ask you whether we can translate the Qubes software > > into > > German. > > Would you be willing to give us all the files we need for the > > translation? > > When we are done with the translation, we would send you the German > > version > > so that you can install it in the Qubes software. > > This means that the user can choose whether he wants to install the > > German > > language or the English language when installing new software. > > > > If you agree, it would be very nice if you could give us an answer. > > Those who are old enough might remember the "LST" (Linux Support > Team) efforts > of translating all Linux kernel messages to German. AFAIK they gave > up long > ago. Most likely because it's a _huge_ amount of work that needs > updates every > release. > Likewise for Qubes: My guess is that you need something like 5000 > hours of > work, and you can be sure: The task cannot be automated. > For example there are different English words that map to the same > German > word, and two different German works may map to the same English > word.
... and it would be fun finding out what the fixed points of those translations are. I agree that a full translation would be an awful lot of work. But for starters I'd be happy with a translation of the qubes manager and of application names in the qubes menu (e.g. "document viewer"). That is all my wife is going to see once I set her up a qubes machine. Of course it is horrible to have an OS which is a mixture of two languages. But translating the bits you deal with most often would aid usability tremendously, wouldn't it? Olaf -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/d1e6a5294fdf05ca6de0adbc64dc00c0413d9473.camel%40aatal-apotheke.de.
