Version 7.0 and German translation

Hi!

Some issues with 7.0 i noticed:

1. I have a RDP session (terminal server) with locally stored credentials. I changed my password and tried to edit the credentials in the session settings, but it always fails to log on (wrong password). I think it's not storing the password correctly and always tries to connect with the old password, but I can't confirm what's really going on.

2. Thanks for the German translation! It's very comfortable for some of us non-english speakers here :)

Some issues with the translation so far:

• the confirm VPN disconnect dialog's No button is labeled "Nr." instead of "Nein"

• generally (seen on multiple dialogs): "Okay" should be "OK"

• data source settings:

• - use SQL Azure option: "Verwenden Sie Sql Azure" should be "SQL Azure verwenden"

• - the checkbox next to the user name field "Bearbeitet werden" (which means "to be edited") - I don't know what that is / bad translation

• - enable offline mode: "Offline Modus zu ermöglichen" (which means "Offline mode to be enabled") should be "Offline Modus ermöglichen" or better yet "Offline Modus aktivieren

• - prompt for offline mode: "Eingabeaufforderung for offline-Modus beim Start" - It's OK but long (intersects with the link on the right) and "Offline-Modus" should be upper case

• - auto refresh: the German translation doesn't fit and gets cut off.

• - SEK (for seconds; next to the numeric fields at the bottom) should be "Sek."

• - button to test server connection: "Testserver" (which would be a server for testing) should be "Server testen" or better "Serververbindung testen"

• - same with the button to test databasen access: "Test-Datenbank" should be "Datenbank testen" or maybe better "Datenbankzugriff testen" (which would mean to test database access)

• - when you click the "..." button and it's updating the server list it says "SQL Server-Instanz Ladeliste" which doesn't make sense either. It should be "Liste der SQL-Server-Instanzen wird geladen..." or just "Serverliste wird geladen..."

• open session (in session context menu, dashboard etc.): same mistake - "Offene Sitzung" shoule be "Sitzung öffnen"

I'm not going to continue searching for mistakes as there seem to be pretty many.

It's always the confusion between adjectives, nouns and verbs it seems...

For example:

- "open" can be traslated as "offen" (to be open) and "öffnen" (to open)

- "test database" can be "Test-Datenbank" (a database for testing), or "Datenbank testen" (to test a database)

This seems to be confused a lot of times.

Another common mistake is the use of a personal pronoun with actions, such as:

- "Import session list" is translated as "Importieren Sie Session-Liste", but should be only "Session-Liste importieren"

"Sie" is a honorific (the French "vouz" I think, but I don't know French sadly), thus the text is telling me (personally) to import the session list. If you would translate that back, it would be something like "You, import session list!"

so, pretty much everywhere you can just flip noun and verb and remove the "Sie". Except for special occasions, like "Follow us" which is "Folgen Sie uns". it's an invitation to me personally to follow you, so it fits there.

I already offered to help you with translating - that's still holds! If you tell me how I can edit the locale strings (or provide me with the files) I'd be willing to correct them.

Thanks!

Daniel

edited by alphanimal on 3/1/2012