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From: Thomas Munro <[email protected]>
To: Vik Fearing <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: A few French translation typos
Date: Thu, 12 May 2022 14:27:12 +1200
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On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 10:21 PM Vik Fearing <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 5/9/22 14:41, Thomas Munro wrote:
> > msgid "Alter statistics on table column instead."
> > msgstr "Modifie les statistiques sur la colonne de la table à la place."
> >
> > s/Modifie /Modifiez /
>
> For this and the others like it, I would use the infinitive form.
> "Modifier les statistiques..."

I see, I guess that reads a little more like a suggestion/hint (which
it is) than a direct order, a distinction we don't exactly have in
English.  (There seem to be other examples of imperatives, which is
probably why I suggested that, but also some infinitives.  *Shrug*)

https://leconjugueur.lefigaro.fr/ukemploi_imperatif_infinitif.php

> > msgid "column reference \"%s\" is ambiguous"
> > msgstr "la référence à la colonne « %s » est ambigu"
> >
> > s/ambigu/ambiguë/ (two more like this: à la table)
>
> The correct spelling is ambigüe; otherwise good.

Aha, another spelling that changed.  (I will refrain from complaining
about inconsistency in adoption of French:1990!)

> > msgid "NULLIF requires = operator to yield boolean"
> > msgstr "NULLIF requiert l'opérateur = pour comparer des booleéns"
> >
> > s/booleéns/booléens/
>
> Obvious typo.

Oh, wait a minute, besides the typo, isn't it really something like
"... requiert que l'opérateur = retourne une valeur de type booléen"?

I think this other similar makes the same mistake:

msgid "IS DISTINCT FROM requires = operator to yield boolean"
msgstr "IS DISTINCT FROM requiert l'opérateur = pour comparer des booléens"

Thanks Vik.

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