I'll forward this to the author Thank you! -Paul
On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 1:05 PM, Redmar <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to add something to the comments made in the previous mail. > > Some of the sentences cannot be translated to Dutch because in Dutch the > object cannot be at the end of a sentence. > eg: > You are not currently a session leader, so you cannot use > > If this were to be changed to: > You are not currently a session leader, so you cannot use %s > > It would be translated as: > Omdat u momenteel geen sessie-leider bent kunt u %s niet gebruiken > > As it is now I can see no way of translating this so that the final > message comes out right, unless I am misunderstanding the context of > these strings. > > Greetings > Redmar > > Op donderdag 12-08-2010 om 14:23 uur [tijdzone +0000], schreef Sveinn í > Felli: >> Hi, >> >> Þann fim 12.ágú 2010 12:49, skrifaði Paul Tagliamonte: >> > Hey Translators, >> > >> > Classbot[1] ( The ubuntu-classroom team's bot ) needs to be translated >> > into as many languages as we can, so that sessions can be hosted by >> > teams that use languages other then English as their primary language. >> > >> > It would really be awesome if you guys could help >> > >> > Thanks! >> > Paul >> > >> > [1] : >> > https://translations.edge.launchpad.net/classbot/trunk/+pots/classbot/ >> > >> >> Excuse me for being boring, but many of the original strings >> are in a sort of juvenile jargon, untranslatable and >> un-understandable for laymen. >> >> 'voice/devoice (someone/something) in' ? >> 'a message to dent' ? >> >> I understand 'dent' as sending a message through the >> 'Identi' service, there's also 'tweet' when using Twitter. >> But imagine that we'd use different words for telephoning >> depending on the carrier used (I'm AT&T-ing someone...). >> >> Would it be inconvenient to at least add some context to the >> strings, or even review the original phrases ? >> >> Best regards, >> >> Sveinn í Felli >> >> > > -- #define sizeof(x) rand() :wq -- ubuntu-translators mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-translators
