[Kde-games-devel] A problematic translation

[Luciano Montanaro]

Hi all,

I've been discussing with a fellow translator, and we have a problem 
translating "game" in Italian. It's not a blocker in any means, but it's an 
issue that would be good to address in the future, especially if other 
languages have the same issue.

The problem is this:

We have two words that we use for different meaning of "game".

For example, 

"The game of chess" is translated as "Il gioco degli scacchi".

However, "Let's play a game of chess" is translated 
"Giochiamo una partita a scacchi".

This means, "Gioco" is reserved to refer to a game in an abstract manner, its 
rules or maybe the stuff you use to play it.

On the other hand, "Partita" is used when "playing a game", going through the 
game rules to get a result. At least for many game types. For example, it's 
hard to say one is playing a "partita" of ktuberling.

So it would be useful for Italian translators to distinguish which kind of 
game is to be used. 

Luciano