Bug#700287: [neverball] French: "Save Replay" translated to "Sauver un film"

Mehdi Yousfi-Monod mehdi.yousfi at gmail.com
Tue Feb 12 14:00:25 UTC 2013


Hi,

I'm mym, I did most Neverball French translations.
I do agree on the meaning of words "sauver" and "enregistrer". The
latter fits better. The reason I preferred "sauver" and "film" over
other words is because they are short which better fits with the GUI.

Now I'm not sure that point really matters. I would now prefer a better meaning.
However the word "reprise" sounds weird to me. The word "replay" can
also be used in French and I haven't found any satisfying translation.

mym

2013/2/11 Filipus Klutiero <chealer at gmail.com>:
> Package: neverball
> Version: 1.5.4-5
> Severity: minor
> Tags: l10n upstream
> X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-l10n-french at lists.debian.org
> X-Debbugs-Cc: mehdi.yousfi at gmail.com
>
> After a ball is lost or a level completed, the player can save a replay or
> continue to the next level. The first button is labelled "Save Replay" in
> English, or "Sauver un film" in French. I think the translation will be
> understood by most, but it's not great.
> "Sauver un film" is related to the translations "Film" (Replay), "Films"
> (Replay) and many others: https://s.snth.net/svn/neverball/trunk/po/fr.po
> I do not consider "Film" as a great translation of "Replay". "Film"
> generally doesn't mean replay, and I do not remember seeing "film" used in
> that sense except in Neverball. "Reprise" may be a better translation, but
> "film" is found in many strings.
>
> However, I think "sauver" is more problematic. "Save" can be translated to
> "sauver" in certain cases as in "Save someone from a certain death", but it
> isn't always a proper translation. In this case, it is considered as an
> anglicism. "Enregistrer" is preferred:
> http://gdt.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca/ficheOqlf.aspx?Id_Fiche=26508220#eng
> "Enregister le film" would be an improvement.
>
> Forwarding this report upstream would be most welcome, I simply couldn't
> manage to open a ticket there (I can't see how to create a Trac account).



-- 
Mehdi Yousfi-Monod



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