[Xfce-i18n] WG: Re: [de][Patch] xfce4-web-browser mistranslation

[Enrico Tröger]

On Thu, 2 Oct 2008 07:19:18 +0000 (GMT), Michael Kremser
<mkspamx-xfcei18n at yahoo.de> 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

This is exactly what I meant when saying that "Netznavigator" is far
away from the meaning of a web-browser.
It's just so uncommon und confusing...


Regards,
Enrico

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