Re: [Tails-l10n] (pull)[de] change enumeration

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Author: spriver
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To: Tails localization discussion
Old-Topics: Re: [Tails-l10n] (review)[de] change enumeration
Subject: Re: [Tails-l10n] (pull)[de] change enumeration
Hi,
let's agree on doing so! (: I have to get used to it, but I'm fine
with the solution. Please pull from the branch mentioned below:

Muri Nicanor:
> hi,
>
> On 02/07/2016 02:43 PM, sajolida wrote:
>> Also, I was wondering why you used a word instead of a number
>> in:
>>
>> msgid "1 hour to install" msgstr "Eine Stunde zum Installieren"
>>
>> You are the German translators so it's really up to you and I
>> don't want to interfere in your decision, but I was wondering
>> whether this was more of a personal choice of style or whether
>> using numbers in such context looks weird in German? Different
>> languages have different typographic and style convention and I'm
>> interested in learning them.
>>
>> We decided to use numbers in English because here we are in a
>> list enumerating needs (facts) and numbers are probably faster to
>> scan (for example if you compare the needs between two scenarios)
>> and take less space. Also some scenarios require ¼, ½, or 1½
>> hour.
>
> i think you're right- i was used to only use the words because i
> mostly write german documentation without enumeration. and i
> learned that the numbers from one to twelve should be written as
> words, which is apparently not the case anymore today (but its
> still usual to do so i think).
>
> i've created a branch changing the words to numbers, please, dear
> german translators, review: https://gitlab.com/muri/tails.git
> de_change-enumeration [de_change-enumeration 4ffbdf0] changed the
> type of enumeration to numbers
>
> cheers, muri


Cheers!
spriver