[Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#812127: login: wrong German error message

[Holger Wansing]

Hi,

Helge Kreutzmann <debian at helgefjell.de> wrote:
> Hello Balint,
> On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 09:19:34PM +0100, Balint Reczey wrote:
> > Control: tags -1 help moreinfo
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > On Wed, 20 Jan 2016 21:33:21 +0100 "B. Ruva" <ruva at ruggedinbox.com> wrote:
> > > Package: login
> > > Version: 1:4.2-3.1
> > > Severity: l10n
> > > 
> > > Dear Maintainer,
> > > 
> > > the following error message of 'login':
> > > 
> > > "Cannot possibly work without effective root"
> > > 
> > > is translated into German as:
> > > 
> > > "Arbeit ohne effektive root-Rechte eventuell nicht möglich"
> > > 
> > > This wrong and pretty misleading. It means something like:
> > > 
> > > "It is perhaps not possible to work without effective root"
> > > 
> > > I would translate the original error message as:
> > > 
> > > "Kann unmöglich ohne effektive root-Rechte arbeiten"
> > 
> > I need help here for sure.
> > 
> > My wife says the proposed solution does not sound good and I don't speak
> > German thus I can't make a decision here. :-)
> 
> The incorrect translation is probably caused by a misunderstanding of
> the translator (I put him explicitly in CC).
> 
> I believe you mean:
> Under no cirumstance work is possible without effective root.

This means, the english version is incorrect too, right?
Since in english it says "Cannot possibly work ...", and that means 
something like "möglicherweise" or "eventuell" or "unter Umständen".

What do you think, is the correct english meaning, which is intended here?


Holger

> 
> > Please someone from the l10n team take a look and review the translations.
> 
> Yes.
> 
> If my interpretation is correct, the translation suggested by me would
> be:
> 
> Arbeit ohne effektive root-Rechte keinesfalls möglich.
> 
> (The version of the submitter is possible as well, however, it is sub
> optimal based on the translation standards established on
> debian-l10n-german).



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