Author: hendrik.maryns
Description:
I have made Dutch my language of choice in my preference page on Wikipedia.
If I click on the edit page of a wikipedia article, it says ‘Bezig met bewerken
van ...’, this is a poor translation of ‘Editing page ...’. It really should be
something like ‘... bewerken’.
Version: 1.8.x
Severity: enhancement
jimmy.collins wrote:
Please provide an exact translation - not "something like" ...
Current value is: 'editing' => 'Bezig met bewerken van $1'
hendrik.maryns wrote:
I thought there was a team for doing the dutch translation, so I wanted to leave
the choice to them, but if you think I can make the decision, then the
translation should be:
$1 bewerken
So is there a l10n team? Can I join it?
I disagree with your assertion, Hendrik. The current translation is very
accurate and in context.
hendrik.maryns wrote:
Ok, I agree it is accurate and in context, but it is not a sentence one would
normally utter and it is unnecessarily verbose. To me, it somehow feels like
children’s talk. I think it is too simple/wordly a translation from the English
original. (This is a typical phenomenon when translating from English, I
notice.) That’s why I call it a *poor* translation, not a wrong translation.
jimmy.collins wrote:
On http://nl.wikipedia.org "Bezig met het bewerken van $1" is used what is
similar to the current translation shipped out with MediaWiki.
I will not chang the translation unless there is only one user asking for this
change.
You can reopen the bug when you reached a consensus on this.