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User interface translation
26-05-2020, 21:49
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RE: User interface translation
As a native German speaker, I’d like to make a few suggestions regarding the German localisation.

Code:
text.disc = Scheibe {0,number,#}
The German translation for "compact disc" is "Compact Disc". Hence I’d replace "Scheibe" with "Disc". "Scheibe" is only used colloquially if talking about a CD or LP.

Code:
tag.bpm = Schlägen pro Minute
Should be "Schläge pro Minute", but BPM is a well known unit in Germany as well.

Code:
text.none_of_above = [nichts von oben]
I’m not sure in what context this is being used in MiminServer, but if is similar to an answer option in a multiple-choice question, I’d suggest "nichts vom oben genannten".

Code:
text.item = {0,number,#} Artikel
text.items = {0,number,#} Artikel
Now it gets really difficult. In English, the noun "item" has a lot of meanings. The same holds true for the German noun "Artikel". If e.g. a shop offers more than 10,000 different items, "Artikel" would be the correct translation for "items". In the context of MinimServer’s use of "item", "Artikel" is for sure the wrong translation.

If I’m not mistaken, clicking "items" in MinimServer shows a large list of all single objects it has recognized. The German translation for a single entry (item) in a list is "Eintrag" (the plural is "Einträge"). Having said that, I don’t think that "Eintrag" is the best possible German translation for "item" in MinimServer, but right now I’m failing to come up with a better translation.

Hopefully other German speakers will chime in here and provide a better translation.
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User interface translation - simoncn - 24-05-2020, 23:13
RE: User interface translation - BB1 - 26-05-2020 21:49
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