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

[Andreas Neumann]

That probably depends on the topography and ruggedness in your country 
;-) in german language we have translations for these terms:

"Analytische Schattierung" or "Schummerung" and "Rauhigkeitsindex".

Forgive my not so "serious" response here.

Greetings,
Andreas

Am 30.06.20 um 17:07 schrieb 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:
>>
>>
>> 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:
>>
>>     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.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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