Mailing List Archive: Suggestion for german translation

Suggestion for german translation

tr at erdfunkstelle

Jun 28, 2002, 6:03 PM

Post #1 of 6 (3383 views)

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Hello list,

i would like to suggest a change in german i18n of GnuPG.

When you generate a new key with --gen-key you pass some steps including the
type of key, keylength and expiry. after that you confirm and then you are
asked for your real name.
the german translation provides an example regarding the real name, and the
example shows a user name between quotes. this is confusing and leads people
to type their name with quotes...
here is the german output of gpg:

[snip]
tr@o2:~> gpg --gen-key
... [cut some things]...
Sie benötigen eine User-ID, um Ihren Schlüssel eindeutig zu machen; das
Programm baut diese User-ID aus Ihrem echten Namen, einem Kommentar und
Ihrer E-Mail-Adresse in dieser Form auf:
"Heinrich Heine (Der Dichter) <heinrichh@duesseldorf.de>"

Ihr Name ("Vorname Nachname"):
[snap]

notice the quotes at "Vorname Nachname".
original version of gpg only says:

[snip]
You need a User-ID to identify your key; the software constructs the user id
from Real Name, Comment and Email Address in this form:
"Heinrich Heine (Der Dichter) <heinrichh@duesseldorf.de>"

Real name:
[snap]

which looks more correct to me.

kind regards,
Thomas Reitelbach

ps: please include me in CC, i'm not a regular reader herein.
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Re: Suggestion for german translation [ In reply to ]

Jun 28, 2002, 11:38 PM

Post #2 of 6 (3228 views)

Thomas Reitelbach <tr@erdfunkstelle.de> writes:

> the german translation provides an example regarding the real name, and the
> example shows a user name between quotes. this is confusing and leads people
> to type their name with quotes...

Ah, interesting observation. ;-)

> "Heinrich Heine (Der Dichter) <heinrichh@duesseldorf.de>"

BTW, is GnuPG using duesseldorf.de with permission?

--
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University of Stuttgart http://CERT.Uni-Stuttgart.DE/people/fw/
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Re: Suggestion for german translation [ In reply to ]

tr at erdfunkstelle

Jun 29, 2002, 1:31 AM

Post #3 of 6 (3218 views)

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On Friday 28 June 2002 23:38, you wrote:
> Thomas Reitelbach <tr@erdfunkstelle.de> writes:
> > the german translation provides an example regarding the real name, and
> > the example shows a user name between quotes. this is confusing and leads
> > people to type their name with quotes...
>
> Ah, interesting observation. ;-)
>
> > "Heinrich Heine (Der Dichter) <heinrichh@duesseldorf.de>"

This was not the example i was referring to. I referred to

"Ihr Name ("Vorname Nachname"): "

is someone from the german translation team reading on this list???

> BTW, is GnuPG using duesseldorf.de with permission?
hm, i don't know if they _need_ permission.

thomas
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Re: Suggestion for german translation [ In reply to ]

Jun 29, 2002, 9:39 AM

Post #4 of 6 (3228 views)

On Fri, 28 Jun 2002 23:38:23 +0200, Florian Weimer said:

>> to type their name with quotes...

They should better use a GUI then ;-)

> BTW, is GnuPG using duesseldorf.de with permission?

Well, I was born here, am living here, and if they want to make a case
out of it we would get pretty good press coverage: After 150 years one
of German's most famous authors, Heinrich Heine, had to emigrate again.

$ host -t mx duesseldorf.de
duesseldorf.de MX 10 duesseldorf.de
duesseldorf.de MX 20 stadt.duesseldorf.de
duesseldorf.de MX 50 www.isiimage.de
duesseldorf.de MX 80 mail.isis.de

250 duesseldorf.de Hello guug.guug.de [213.185.66.186], pleased to meet you
mail from: wkoch@guug.de
250 mailer-daemon@guug.de... Sender is valid.
rcpt to: heinrichh@duesseldorf.de
550 heinrichh@duesseldorf.de... User unknown

Salam-Shalom,

Werner

Re: Suggestion for german translation [ In reply to ]

Jun 30, 2002, 11:02 AM

Post #5 of 6 (3218 views)

Moin,

> Sie benötigen eine User-ID, um Ihren Schlüssel eindeutig zu machen; das
> Programm baut diese User-ID aus Ihrem echten Namen, einem Kommentar und
> Ihrer E-Mail-Adresse in dieser Form auf:
> "Heinrich Heine (Der Dichter) <heinrichh@duesseldorf.de>"
>
> Ihr Name ("Vorname Nachname"):
[snip]
> You need a User-ID to identify your key; the software constructs the user id
> from Real Name, Comment and Email Address in this form:
> "Heinrich Heine (Der Dichter) <heinrichh@duesseldorf.de>"
>
> Real name:

I am a little bit confused. You suggest to change it to

| Ihr Name:

or

| Ihr Name (Vorname Nachname):

?

I would prefer the first one.

Gruss,
Walter

--
Hochdahl am Neandertal

Re: Suggestion for german translation [ In reply to ]

tr at erdfunkstelle

Jun 30, 2002, 4:30 PM

Post #6 of 6 (3225 views)

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On Saturday 29 June 2002 19:56, Walter Koch wrote:

> I am a little bit confused. You suggest to change it to
>
> | Ihr Name:
>
> or
>
> | Ihr Name (Vorname Nachname):
>
> ?
>
> I would prefer the first one.

First one would be the correct translation of course. But i think a little
example is a good idea, so i would prefer the second one:

Ihr Name (Vorname Nachname):

Bye,
Thomas
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