Classbot Translation

[Paul Tagliamonte]

I'll forward this to the author

Thank you!
-Paul

On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 1:05 PM, Redmar <redmar at ubuntu-nl.org> 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
>>
>>
>
>



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