Offending messages in kommit manual

Albert Astals Cid aacid at kde.org
Fri Jun 14 09:48:38 BST 2024


El divendres, 14 de juny del 2024, a les 7:10:30 (CEST), Matjaž Jeran va 
escriure:
> In the file KDE_i18n_sl/trunk/l10n-kf5/sl/docmessages/kommit/kommit.po
> there is a phrase
> »You silly goose! Check out the <link linkend="commands">Commands
> Section</link> for the answer.«
> 
> I know that programming subculture can be weird sometimes  - but
> I believe that
> - such tone does not make KDE Plasma a user friendly environment
> - in Slovenian culture silly goose is associated with stupid women – so it
> is offending
> 
> And using offending phrases in help where you would expect help not mockery
> is far from suitable.
> 
> I have translated that message but I suggest to replace it with something
> else.

And that's exactly what you have to do as a translator, you don't translate 
sentences word by word, you translate their meaning.

The remaining question is if it makes sense for the English string to also be 
rewritten or not.

Cheers,
  Albert

> 
> Thanks - hvala
> Matjaž Jeran






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