I would leave the term untranslated but we could ask the es_ES gnu
translation team maybe?
On Aug 5, 2013 6:04 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> It's been pointed out that in the Spanish Manual we translate
> "Dither" as "Zumbido". But we translate Dither as "Fusión" in the
> software.
>
> You can see "Dither" in the Quality Preferences. Here is our Wiki
> page about it:
> http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Dither .
>
> There are a couple of problems with "Zumbido" in the Manual.
>
> 1) To avoid confusion we should use the same word in the Manual
> translation that we do in the software translation.
>
> This means regularly cross-checking with the latest "Nightly Builds":
> http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Nightly_Builds
>
> (or compiling the latest Audacity development code).
>
> Are there other places in the Spanish Manual where we use different
> words to that in the software?
>
> 2) Federico Miyara has suggested on -devel that "Zumbido" is not
> a good translation - it means "a tonal noise such as that of a bee
> or of a poorly-filtered power source, more like a hum". He says
> "Fusión" doesn't explain what dither is either.
>
> So on this specific, what is the best thing to do?
>
> * Leave "Dither" untranslated and rely on the description
> in the Manual? Not all users will search online or find the
> Manual.
>
> * Translate it as a short descriptive phrase? I thought of
> "soft corrective noise". Is that useful to translate, or not?
>
> * Translate it as a short descriptive phrase with "(Dither)"
> untranslated to right of the translated phrase?
>
> I think the third of those options is best, if Dither can be
> usefully translated to someone who does not know what
> it means.
>
> Are there any other audio terms that are problematic to
> translate to Spanish, and what should we do about those?
> What about other languages? Should there be a Wiki page
> to draw up a list of words that are problematic?
>
> When we have a list, would it help to add more i18n comments
> to the source code suggesting what translators should do for
> specific terms? Or is better to have those suggestions on Wiki?
>
> Thanks all, especially to Richard for the long hours working on
> the Manual.
>
>
>
> Gale
>
>
>
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