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List:       kde-i18n-doc
Subject:    Re: Misleading strings in kalzium.po
From:       "Yuri Chornoivan" <yurchor () ukr ! net>
Date:       2013-01-03 10:44:25
Message-ID: op.wqbz4bdkl2zvei () viddil12
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Thu, 03 Jan 2013 10:24:17 +0200 було написано Dimitris Kardarakos  
<dimkard@gmail.com>:

> Hi everyone.
>
> Translating kalzium.po I stumbled upon some strings that seem invalid.
>
> 1. msgid "It was discovered near a town named Magnesia in black earth.  
> Thus, it was "
> "named 'magnesia nigra', or for short, Manganese."
>
> The aforementioned string describes the origin of the name "Manganese".  
> Nevertheless, there is no place like "black earth" in Greece. You can  
> see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manganese where the origin of the name  
> is described.
>
>
> 2. msgid "Greek 'cuprum' for Cypres"
>
> The aforementioned string describes the origin of the name "Copper".  
> Cuprum is a latin word, not Greek, and according to Wikipedia "In the  
> Roman era, copper was principally mined on Cyprus, hence the origin of  
> the name of the metal as сyprium (metal of Cyprus), later shortened to  
> сuprum"
>
>
> 3. msgid "'Gallia' is an old name for France"
>
> The aforementioned string describes the origin of the name "Gallium". I  
> think that saying that Gallia is the old name of France is misleading.  
> Again, according to Wikipedia "Gaul (Latin: Gallia, French: Gaule,  
> Dutch: Gallië, German: Gallien, Greek: Γαλλία) was a region of Western  
> Europe during the Iron Age and Roman era, encompassing present day  
> France, Luxembourg and Belgium, most of Switzerland, the western part of  
> Northern Italy, as well as the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on  
> the west bank of the Rhine. "
>
>
> 4. msgid "Latin 'germania' is an old name for Germany"
>
> The aforementioned string describes the origin of name "Germanium". Like  
> the 'Gallia' case, you can see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germania.
>
>
> 5. msgid "Ruthenia is the old name of Russia"
>
> The aforementioned string describes the origin of the name "Ruthenium".  
> Same as above, you can see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruthenia
>
>
> 6. msgid "Greek 'rhodeos' means 'red like a rose'"
>
> The aforementioned string describes the origin of the name "Rhodium".  
> But, greek ρόδιος (rhodeos) means "from Rode". Probably, the intended  
> word was ρόδινος (rodinos) which means "rosy"
>
>
> 7. msgid "Greek 'dysprositor' for 'difficult to reach'"
>
> The aforementioned string describes the origin of the name "Dysprosium".  
> Nevertheless, there is no such word in Greek. The right word is  
> δυσπρόσιτος (disprositos).
>
>
> 8. msgid "Like Terbium and Gadolinium, this is named after the Swedish  
> town of Ytterby."
>
> The aforementioned string describes the origin of the name "Ytterbium",  
> saying that Gadolinium is named after Ytterby. But Gadolinium is named  
> after the Finnish chemist Johan Gadolin", according to its description.
>
>
> 9. msgid "Greek 'astator' for 'changing'"
>
> The aforementioned string describes the origin of the name "Astatine".  
> Nevertheless, there is no such word in Greek. The right word is άστατος  
> (astatos).
>
>
> 10. msgid "This name has Greek roots. It means 'like Platinum' - it was  
> difficult to "
> "distinguish Molybdenum from Platinum."
>
> The aforementioned string describes the origin of the name "Molybdenum".  
> Nevertheless, it has no such a meaning. The origin of the name is  
> Ancient Greek Μόλυβδος (molybdos), meaning lead, since its ores were  
> confused with lead ores.
>
> Thanks,

Hi,

There are several ways to fix the above-mentioned problems, imho.

1. You can contact Lydia (Nightrose) on IRC (#kde-soc) and add the task to  
update Kalzium descriptions as a mentor of GCI-2013. Then commit the  
changes into git/master by yourself or using Kalzium developers help.

2. You can make a patch by yourself and put it to the review board [1]  
adding Etienne Rebetez and kde-edu as reviewers.

3. You can forward your message to kde-edu@kde.org. But it is likely will  
be some kind of ignored [2].

4. You can wait for someone who do 1, 2 or 3... ;)

Just my 2 cents.

Best regards,
Yuri

[1] http://git.reviewboard.kde.org
[2] http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-edu&m=132993930221127&w=2
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