Re: [PATCH 2/3] git-gui: spelling fixes in russian translation

[Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 09:36, Alexey Shumkin <zapped@mail.ru> wrote:
> Dmitry Potapov <dpotapov <at> gmail.com> writes:
>>
>> In the above sentence, 'кажется' is not an introductory word, and thus
>> no comma is required. For details, see #2 at
>> http://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%81%D1%8F
>>
>> However, such use of 'кажется' is more appropriate for colloquial speech
>> than for documentation or even computer messages. Also, I have never seen
>> 'unresolved conflicts' being translated as 'необработанные конфликты'.
>> IMHO, the standard term is 'неразрешенные конфликты'. So my suggestion is:
>>
>> Файл %s может содержать неразрешенные конфликты.
>>

But this would be wrong. It is absolutely not the original
message tried to say. Any file can contain unresolved conflicts
(markers). The point is: this particular file very likely does.

> As I understand exact meaning of phrase "File %s seems to have unresolved
> conflicts" (note *seems* word here) is a supposition. It is not
> an equivalent of "may have" (but "may not have").
> So, I agree sentence must rephrased but supposition must be retained.
> Something like "Файл %s, похоже, содержит неразрешенные конфликты"

While I like this one, it is not much better semantically, than the
previous with punctuation corrected. So unless there are more votes
for it, I will not resend the translation.
Cannot forbid you from doing this, though (and personally would like
to see a name of another native russian speaker in the authors of
translations).

> or better "Предположительно файл %s содержит неразрешенные конфликты"
> (stay official but supposing)

"Supposedly file "...?