[texworks] German translation updates

[Reinhard Kotucha]

On 8 July 2009 Jonathan Kew wrote:

 > On 8 Jul 2009, at 12:41, Stefan Löffler wrote:
 > 
 > > Thomas Floeren schrieb:
 > >> By the way, when I switch my TeXworks to German it shows  
 > >> "Übersetzen" for "Typeset"; shouldn’t this rather read "Setzen" (or  
 > >> maybe "Kompilieren")?
 > >>
 > >
 > > Hm, yeah, I'm not too happy with "Übersetzen", which would probably  
 > > lead
 > > people to believe it somehow translates the text. "Setzen", though  
 > > being
 > > the literal translation, would be rather difficult to comprehend
 > > especially for newcomers IMO, however, because it can have many  
 > > meanings
 > > other than typeset. "Kompilieren" may also scare people off, because
 > > they either don't know what it is or associate with programming
 > > (something many people find complicated).
 > >
 > > I'd suggest something along the lines of "Dokument erstellen" (=create
 > > document) or "Ausgabe erstellen" (=create output). They are not quite
 > > ideal, either. "Dokument erstellen" may lead people to believe that it
 > > would actually create a new document, while "Ausgabe erstellen" is not
 > > really very descriptive (what output? how? why?). But I don't have any
 > > better suggestions.
 > 
 > Translation isn't straightforward, is it?!
 > 
 > For the Typeset menu, would "Verarbeiten" (to process) be a  
 > possibility, or is that just as confusing or obscure?

Could it be made dependent on the engine?

"PDF erstellen" or "DVI erstellen".

Regards,
  Reinhard

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