Steph
August 7, 2013, 6:10pm
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Hi everyone -
We would like to include a line of text in several languages on our packaging. I know some of you speak German ( @Asfaloth and @dominikkv I believe?) and am hoping we can also crowd source some help with French and Spanish.
The phrase I’d like translated is pretty simple:www.spark.io/support ”
Further could also be additional.
Any help would be much appreciated - I’m afraid my high school language studies would not lead to very accurate translations
Thanks!!
BDub
August 7, 2013, 6:20pm
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For completeness/comparison/science, here’s what Google Translate has to say:
Englishwww.spark.io/support www.spark.io/support
Germanwww.spark.io/support www.spark.io/support
Frenchwww.spark.io/support www.spark.io/support
Spanishwww.spark.io/support www.spark.io/support
A strict translation would be
“Weitere Details finden sie unter www.spark…”
but I think it sounds better if you say
“Weitere Informationen finden sie unter www.spark…” or maybe
It depends on the context
Steph
August 7, 2013, 8:51pm
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Thanks @BDub ! Super helpful as usual
PS I tend to overuse emoticons in forums, I apologize in advance!
Steph
August 7, 2013, 8:52pm
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Awesome - thanks @dominikkv
We'll be printing this on our packaging so do you think your second examples would be more accurate?
If it is a single sentence on the package, I would go with
“Weitere Informationen finden sie unter www.spark.io/support ”
zach
August 8, 2013, 6:12pm
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Thanks guys - we made some tweaks to the wording and now this is what we’ve got:
Can anyone who knows french, spanish, german, portuguese, or mandarin check the text to make sure it’s correct, and if not, send us corrections?
The german part is definitely not ok spark.io/start "
Russianspark.io/start "
Steph
August 9, 2013, 2:57pm
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adrian
August 10, 2013, 9:06am
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Since Spanish and Portuguese would be clearly understandable for each other, one of those spaces could be used for Russian probably.
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zone11
August 15, 2013, 7:34am
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@Steph feel free to send me PM / Mail for German translations you need.
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JMarc
October 11, 2013, 4:47pm
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Proper French translation :
The original translation although not being entirely wrong is simply not what you would normally see.
JMarc
October 11, 2013, 4:58pm
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Oops ! I was refering to the very first attempt, ie “De plus amples détails, etc.”
The new wording “pour commencer, visitez” is acceptable, everybody will understand. If you care about perfect typography, but who does, it should be “pour commencer visitez :” (no comma, space before column).
atorres
October 15, 2013, 6:25pm
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I agree, the Spanish translation looks good. Although I think some would use [encontrar aqui] instead of [encontrar en].
Joris
October 15, 2013, 6:47pm
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If you want it in Dutch…
“Verdere details zijn te vinden op www.spark.io/support ” =Further details…www.spark.io/support " = Aditional details…
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