Translation to german - how can I help?

Hello there,

finally a germanized version. Not that I would require it, but I have a few buddies who are not fluent in english, so this feature is more than welcome, and they might become future customers.

But: Is there a way to help with the translation? Some words are too much german (most ppl know about "keyframes", I don't know anyone calling them "Schlüsselbilder"), and some stuff isn't translated at all, like some effects, and all of the inspector on Fusion page.

So is there a separate forum, a feature request especially for translations or some other way we could contribute?

[Peter Chamberlain]

The German translation is a new addition so I expect it will improve soon. If u have feedback make a list and post a link here.

OK, I'll keep an eye on it too and post here.

Thanks so much for taking the time and make a German translation. It looks way more familiar now

Perhaps we should agree on a keyword in the post subject, to make it easier to distinguish between general posts and correction suggestions?

How about "Correction"?

Page Names CUT and EDIT are both translated as "Schnitt"
You should leave this untranslated as these terms are basic wording for what you can do there.
Alternatively CUT could become "Trim" or "Trimmen" and EDIT > "Schnitt" but I'd prefer the English terms here.


PREFERENCES/DECODE OPTIONS
Instead of "Entschlüsselung" better use "Dekodierung"
"Entschlüsselung / Verschlüsselung " are more related to encryption / decryption (security stuff)

PREFERENCES/GENERAL
The list of checkbox options is too far right aligned. Some of the text options are cut off at the end.

Hi Alexander, I already sent a long list of suggestions to them regarding German translation, not without some discussion with experienced members of the German forum.
I hope some of that finds its way into the release version.

Hi Uli,

OK, sounds good. I didn't notice the other threads about translation. Let's see how it goes with the BETA 3

Some words are too much german (most ppl know about "keyframes", I don't know anyone calling them "Schlüsselbilder")

I have now thought about the correct translation for "keyframe" for several days and also did some research. It is tough, because a German translation as "Schlüsselbild" never took off in the wild.

Wikipedia uses it here:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schl%C3%BCsselbild

Also found "Schlüsselbild" as the German translation in the book "Adobe After Effects 5.5" by Gerhard Koren (founder of video2brain) & Ole Peters:
p. 29

Die markanten Punkte der Animation werden in den Keyframes - den Schlüsselbildern - der Animation gespeichert.

After that the author uses "Schlüsselbild" never again in the whole book.

In the book "Encyclopedia of Visual Effects" by Damian Allen and Brian Connor
they define "Keyframe" as follows:
p. 284

DEFINITION > The point on the Timeline (or on a frame of video) where a specific parameter value is set for a function such as a filter or motion effect.

Keyframes transition from one to another over time, so there must be at least two keyframes representing two different values to see a change in the clip. Some software, particularly animation software, interpolates between keyframes to create the in-between frames from one keyframe to the next.

I also looked it up in mathematical literature:

Instead of "Schlüsselbild":
Stützbild / Stützstelle / Stützpunkt / Stützwert

Beispiel:
Man möchte die Funktion f(x)=x² mittels drei gegebener Punkte interpolieren:
A(0/0), B(1/1), C(2/4). Folglich haben wir hier drei Stützstellen, nämlich x0=0, x1=1, x2=2.
Die zugehörigen Stützwerte sind f(0)=0, f(1)=1 und f(2)=4, und die Stützpunkte sind (0,0), (1,1) und (2,4).

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%C3%BCtzstelle

That "Stützstelle" would be exactly what the function of a keyframe would be.

Yes, but nobody outside of the math community would understand it intuitively. I think ‘keyframe’ is fine.
Adobe also made the mistake of ‘overtranslation’. There are some in AEFX ( I don’t touch Premiere anymore) where you really sit and scratch your head.
BTW, instead of using “Schnitt” twice, I like the approach already to be found in one of the menus: “Schnitt” for the Cut page and “Montage” for the Edit page. A nice, even if a bit nostalgic, expression. It comes from the early times of cinema, when French played a bigger role than English for professionals in the young medium.

And now, let's take this discussion somewhere else, maybe, not to be boring to non-Germans:
https://www.davinci-resolve-forum.de/thread-4596.html
At the end, you can find all the suggestions I sent to BM until now.

+1 for keyframes

"Montage", mmhh maybe a bit too outdated? It is so much more than montage what one can do at that page.
Still thinking it might be better to keep English terms if the are common enough. Otherwise the German translation could become harder to read than English

Maybe "Newscut" for the Cut page and "Schnitt" for the Edit page?

Maybe "Newscut" for the Cut page and "Schnitt" for the Edit page?

"Trimmen" and "Schneiden" would work better for me.

That's confusing, we got Trimming in either page.