#1098727 util-linux-locales [INTL:de] or manpages-de: misleading reference in man fallocate in German translation #1098727
- Package:
- util-linux-locales
- Source:
- util-linux-locales
- Submitter:
- hede
- Date:
- 2025-02-23 20:33:01 UTC
- Severity:
- normal
- Tags:
For Debian stable / Bookworm it is: Package: manpages-de Version: 4.18.1-1 And this also is still valid for util-linux-locales_2.41~rc1-1_all in experimental. In file /usr/share/man/de/man1/fallocate.1.gz, which for stable/bookworm is in manpages-de and for testing/trixie it is in util-linux-locale, there is a misleading reference in the German translation for the supported filesystems to parameter -d, --dig-holes. The sentence in the English man page reads as follows: "See --punch-hole for a list of supported filesystems." This means that the list of supported filesystems is in the man page itself. The supported filesystems are listet at the description for the parameter --punch-hole. The German translation currently reads as follows: "Mit der Option --punch-hole erhalten Sie eine Liste der unterstützten Dateisysteme." This sound like that you have to run fallocate with the --punch-hole parameter to get this list. This is typically quite common, to have a specific list like that generated with the program itself, to not have to maintain a potentially short-lived list within the man page. But it's not correct in this case, the list is in the man page and a less ambiguous translation would be, for example: "Eine Liste der unterstützten Dateisysteme finden Sie bei der Beschreibung zur Option --punch-hole." Or more similar to the original translation: "Bei der Beschreibung zur Option --punch-hole erhalten Sie eine Liste der unterstützten Dateisysteme." Even a more literal translation would do the trick, yet this would be not that unambiguous like the others: "Siehe --punch-hole für eine Liste der unterstützen Dateisysteme." Best Regards hede
Hi hede, thanks for your report. * hede <debian452@der-he.de> [250223 14:21]: The translations for util-linux are handled by translationproject, see https://translationproject.org/domain/util-linux.html I've CC:ed the translation team and the last listed translator. Best, Chris
Hello Hede,
thanks for reporting.
I'm CC: the translator who wrote this string (or touched it last, I
did not check) and the translator who is in charge of handling the
translation, both in manpages-de as well as in util-linux-locales.
Am Sun, Feb 23, 2025 at 02:08:36PM +0100 schrieb hede:
Yes, this translation was moved from manpages-de to
util-linux-locales. After the release of Trixie, manpages-de is no
longer in the loop.
I personally like the 2nd version best.
If this is resolved before ~ end of march, I can "backport" the
solution to manpages-l10n/bookworm. Please inform me in this case, as
I'm not monitoring the bug actively.
Greetings
Helge