Re: [PATCH] l10n: de.po: translate "index" as "Index"

Christian Stimming [off-list ref] wrote:

Am Montag, 1. Juni 2015, 09:38:37 schrieb git@drmicha.warpmail.net:

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Ralf Thielow venit, vidit, dixit 29.05.2015 20:54:

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The term "index" is translated as "Staging-Area" to
not confuse beginners who don't know about Git's index.

Since the term "staging area" doesn't appear in original
Git messages (not even in the glossary) and "index" is a
well known term for experienced users, we should treat
"index" as a Git term and therefore don't translate it.

Super! :)

Sorry to contradict, but: No, not super.

Again I question the whole point of such a denglish translation. Do you want
to present the git wording to those experienced users who know git anyway?

A very good reason why we use denglish translation is that the majority of
German (e)books don't translate Git terms (at least the (e)books I know).
So why should we confuse users, who read books and stuff, with a translation
that translates every single Git term and therefore the user is confused and
can't find it in books, nor in articles on the internet.

Having said that, I think we should translate as "staging area" if the message
is about content in the index. I'll send a new version of the patch.

Ralf