Re: [Tails-l10n] [de] Translation question

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Autor: flapflap
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Assunto: Re: [Tails-l10n] [de] Translation question
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> spriver:
>> Hi,
>> do we want to use the English strings if we translate a page with
>> references to an application? Or should we use the German ones? (most of
>> the system is provided in German, esp. relevant stuff like the Greeter,
>> network configuration. So we could also use the German ones)
>>
>> The question is how likely someone is using the system in English if her
>> or he is reading the documentation in German.
>>
>> I hope you get what I mean ;)
>
> Imho, people who read the documentation on German are likely to use the
> system in German, too. So I'd adovacate for a translation of the
> application names.
>
> Hope I got your question right.
>
> Other opinions?


in case for the Tails Greeter we decided to use the English name because
it's the name of the program.

https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-l10n/2014-December/001695.html

~flapflap