On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 9:19 AM, Michael Kremser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Web-Browser ain't German, as it is one of these stupid "I have to > avoid > Deppenleerzeichen" translations. A nice and fitting term is > "Webbrowser". By its writing, it is fitted into German writing > style, > it is quickly readable. We never started the French way of keeping our > language, so we can't start it now by introducing previously unknown, > new terms. To navigate some strange "Netz" ain't any better than > to > browse the already known world-wide web, frequently referred to as the > "Web" in German everyday language as well -- in contrast to > "Netz". > > I totally agree with Fabian. If I ask my girlfriend (she's no computer > expert) what a "Netznavigator" could be, may be she would think I ask her > something belonging an electricity network or a mobile phone network. Most > non-computer experts in German speaking areas understand "Webbrowser" very > well, so I see no reason why not using it.
I'm not a German expert, but these are the results when googling both words: webbrowser - 4,470,000 German pages for webbrowser netznavigator - 312 German pages for netznavigator I think we must have users in mind when translating since it's people who give words their meaning. Regards, Abel > > Greetings, > > Michael > > > _______________________________________________ > Xfce-i18n mailing list > [email protected] > http://foo-projects.org/mailman/listinfo/xfce-i18n > > _______________________________________________ Xfce-i18n mailing list [email protected] http://foo-projects.org/mailman/listinfo/xfce-i18n
