After I read that twitter will be translated to French, Italian, German and Spanish, I realized that digsby, the very best IM and social networking tool, still hasn't implemented further languages. So I thought I could help speeding up this process by translating digsby into German. When twitter will eventually get a German option and more Germans will starting to use it, I think digsby can profit from that development and get more German users, too. (cos it's reeeaaaally nice :)So here's an attempt:
Structure:
Main Window with popup update
Twitter & Facebook Updates
Preferences
Alerts & dialog boxes
All screenshots for downloading
The Website
English expression = German expression
// alternate expression
Main Window (Buddy List)
1. Menu Bar
Digsby = Digsby
>My Status = Mein Status
>>New Status Message... = Neue Statusmeldung...
>>Edit Status Messages... = Statusmeldungen bearbeiten...
>>Available = Verfügbar
>>Away = Abwesend
>>Global Status = Globaler Status
>>Listening to... = Hört gerade...
>>Promote Digsby! = Promote Digsby! // Werbe für Digsby!
>>Invisible = Unsichtbar
>>Offline = Offline
>My Accounts = Meine Accounts
>New IM... = Neue IM... // Neue Nachricht...
>Add Contact... = Kontakt hinzufügen...
>Add Group... = Gruppe hinzufügen...
>Rename Selection = Auswahl umbenennen
>Delete Selection = Auswahl löschen
>Sign Off Digsby (user) = Digsby abmelden (user)
>Exit Digsby = Digsby schließen // Beenden
View = Ansicht
>Always On Top = Immer im Vordergrund
>Skins... = Skins...
>Menu Bar = Menüleiste
>Status Bar = Statusleiste
>Arrange Panels... = Anordnung ändern...
>Show Mobile Contacts = Mobile Kontakte anzeigen // Zeige Mobile Kontakte
>Show Offline Contacts = Offline Kontakte anzeigen // Zeige Offline Kontakte
>Group Offline Contacts = Offline Kontakte gruppieren
>Hide Offline Groups = Offline Gruppen verstecken
>Sort By = Sortieren nach
>>None = Nichts
>>Status = Status
>>Name = Name
>>Log Size = Gesprächsmenge // Dialogumfang // "Vielschreiber"
>>Service = Dienst
>>Advanced... = Erweitert...
Tools = Tools
>Preferences... = Einstellungen...
>Buddy List Search = Kontaktleiste durchsuchen
>File Transfer History = Transfer-Chronik // Dateiübertragungen
>Chat History = Chat-Verlauf // Chat-Historie
>account name || icq no.
>>Sign On = Anmelden || Sign Off = Abmelden
>>Edit Account... = Account bearbeiten
>>Change Password (URL) = Passwort ändern (URL)
>>My Page on ICQ.com (URL) = Meine Seite auf ICQ.com (URL)
[other options...]
Help = Hilfe
>Documentation = Dokumentation
>Support Forums = Supportforum
>Submit Bug Report = Bug melden
>Suggest a Feature = Funktion vorschlagen
>Digsby unterstützen
>Über Digsby
2. Status Panel
>Available = Verfügbar
>Away = Abwesend
>Custom... = Individuell... // Anpassen...
>Global Status = Globaler Status
>Listening to... = Hört gerade...
>Promote Digsby! = Promote Digsby! // Werbe für Digsby!
>Invisible = Unsichtbar
>Offline = Offline
3. Groups = Gruppen
[group] = [Gruppe]
[General] = [Allgemein]
>Add Contact = Kontakt hinzufügen
>Rename Group = Gruppe umbenennen
>Delete Group = Gruppe löschen
>Add Group = Gruppe hinzufügen
4. Buddies = Kontakte
[buddy], [contact] = [Kontakt]
>Buddy Info = Kontakt-Info // Kontaktinformation
>Send IM = IM senden // Nachricht senden
>Send File = Datei senden
>Send Email = Email senden
>Send SMS = SMS senden
>View Past Chats = Chat-Verlauf anzeigen
>Alert Me When... = Hinweise anpassen...
>Rename = Umbenennen
>Block = Blockieren
>Delete = Löschen // Entfernen
5. Connections
Online = Online
Offline = Offline
Connecting... = Verbindung...
Authenticating... = Authentifizierung
Connect = Verbinden || Disconnect = Trennen
>Edit = Bearbeiten
>Connect = Verbinden || Disconnect = Trennen
>Change Password (URL) = Passwort ändern (URL)
>My Page on ICQ.com (URL) = Meine Seite auf ICQ.com (URL)
>Set Priority = Priorität setzen
Set Jabber priority = Jabber Priorität setzen
Enter priority for [jabber account] = Priorität für [jabber account] setzen
OK = OK
Cancel = Abbrechen
6. Social Networks
6.1. Twitter
Of course I would wait until Twitter releases the official translations for these terms. That's just my attempt:
>Update Now = Jetzt aktualisieren // Aktualisieren
>Mark All As Read = Alle als gelesen markieren
>Home = Startseite
>Profile = Profil
>Followers = Verfolger
>Following = Ich verfolge
>New Tweet = Neuer Tweet
Popup View:
Home = Startseite
Profile = Profil
Followers = Verfolger
Following = Ich verfolge
Status = Status
(update) = (update) // (ändern)
Timeline = Zeitleiste
Show Alerts = Zeige Meldungen // Zeige Hinweise
Hide = Verstecken // Ausblenden
Timeline = Zeitleiste
Mentions = Erwähnungen // ???
Directs = Direktnachnichten // ???
For advanced information on tweets and the seperate twitter window I wrote an extra post.
Screenshots
