[QGIS-Developer] Concerns about translations and QGIS overall credibility

[Bo Victor Thomsen]

That is correct. Terms like "Hillshade", "Ruggedness index" and and a 
*lot* of other terms doesn't have a "proper" translation (at least in 
Danish). I assume that's the case for a lot of languages.

Den 30-06-2020 kl. 11:57 skrev Ian Turton:
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>
> On Tue, 30 Jun 2020 at 10:40, Bo Victor Thomsen 
> <bo.victor.thomsen at gmail.com <mailto:bo.victor.thomsen at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     Dear developers:
>
>     As a former translator of the Danish version of QGIS I have a few
>     - very personal, perhaps a bit caustic - comments:
>
>       * Create a group or list of highly technical GIS related terms
>         that is *not* to be translated. There is a lot of GIS terms
>         that is English in origin, but haven't a well defined local
>         translation. (With some hilarious results if they are
>         translated). Not all translators is well versed in every
>         aspect of GIS.
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> Is this something that OSGEO can help to oversee and/or maintain as I 
> suspect that this list would be useful across many projects.
>
> Ian
>
> -- 
> Ian Turton

-- 
Med venlig hilsen / Kind regards

Bo Victor Thomsen

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