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Opened 7 years ago
Closed 7 years ago
#48238 closed enhancement (reported-upstream)
add indication of sources for citations as translator comments
| Reported by: | pixelverbieger | Owned by: | |
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| Priority: | normal | Milestone: | |
| Component: | I18N | Version: | |
| Severity: | normal | Keywords: | |
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Description
Description
Working on the translations for 5.3 we (German polyglots) found some difficult passages to translate.
What we (meanwhile) learned that these passages are
- a quote by Matt Mullenweg
- a three line poem by some Japanese poet
- a movie shooting script (Citizen Kane)
- an excerpt of Don Quixote
It took quite a while for us to figure that out.
(And we're still unsure how to translate these passages appropriately.)
Problem
Quotes like Matt's must be translated differently than those of a classic like Don Quixote. (For a classic there might exist "standard" translations which should be used then.)
… and some things like this three line poem just could be replaced by any other (German) three-liner.
The same applies to book or film titles. In some languages, these may differ from the original title.
Solution
For future releases I wish there were indication of sources for such citations -> written as translator comments.
Change History (3)
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7 years ago
Dominik @ocean90 asked me to create a ticket for this at GitHub …
https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/17810
I second this. However, knowing the source of such quotations does not mean that we can translate them meaningfully.
As an alternative / suggestion: Either adopt the original quotation in English or use your own national citations.