Re: [bug-gettext] [Translation-team-de] Swiss typography

[Andreas Stricker]

06.03.12 17:04, Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko wrote:
> On 06.03.2012 16:52, Andreas Stricker wrote:
>> 04.03.12 17:17, Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko wrote:
>>> I have found some more differences/lines for the sed:
>>> terminology usage (fortunately they are of the same gender, so no need
>>> to more difficult grammar adaptation):
>>> s,Rechner,Computer,g
>>> Keyboard difference:
>>> s,Strg,Ctrl,g
>>> s,Einfg,Insert,g
>>> s,Entf,Del,g
>> This looks dangerous for me. At least the last one will render
>> a sentence like
>>
>> "Entfernen Sie nun die DVD aus dem Laufwerk"
>>
>> into
>>
>> "Delernen Sie nun die DVD aus dem Laufwerk"
>>
>> Certainly not an expected behavior...
> What about:
> s,ß,ss,g
> y,»«,«»,
Those are not that risky, because this are special characters
only appearing in context of a German source text.

> s,\([^a-zA-ZöüäÖÜÄ]\|^\)Rechner\([^a-zA-ZöüäÖÜÄ]\|$\),\1Computer\2,g
> s,\([^a-zA-ZöüäÖÜÄ]\|^\)Strg\([^a-zA-ZöüäÖÜÄ]\|$\),\1Ctrl\2,g
> s,\([^a-zA-ZöüäÖÜÄ]\|^\)Einfg\([^a-zA-ZöüäÖÜÄ]\|$\),\1Insert\2,g
> s,\([^a-zA-ZöüäÖÜÄ]\|^\)Entf\([^a-zA-ZöüäÖÜÄ]\|$\),\1Del\2,g
Use the word boundary expression "\b"

s,\bRechner\b,Computer,g
s,\bStrg\b,Ctrl,g
s,\bEinfg\b,Insert,g
s,\bEntf\b,Del,g

Continuing constructing automated rules quickly gets tricky and either
has false-positives or false-negatives. When replacing words you quickly
end up in situations where a full understanding of the context is
required.

You may provide such automated rules to create an initial translation.
But then a human should proof read it afterwards.


Regards, Andy

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