Thread:User talk:Siebrand/Czech translations/reply (2)

But… well, you can’t do that in Czech! The logic “identical in English ⇒ identical in Czech” is faulty, Czech is an inflected language, it just doesn’t work that way. I have always thought you understood that. Translation memory is a great tool, but it cannot be applied mechanically. In this specific example, “nová” is a feminine form, and you have to use “nový” when referring to gifts, which are masculine. But there are other problems; in some cases, you used a verb for a message which is a caption (needing a noun), in some cases, the translation just doesn’t make any sense. (Sure, there are also many cases, where the translation is correct.)

I am not sure what would be the best course of action – I am unable to verify all those translations, I can’t decide without a context whether MediaWiki:Editmsg-search should be a verb or a noun. Maybe mark them as fuzzy? Or, maybe not, it’s not like there have been no wrong (context-ignoring/mechanical) translations until now. A few more or less is not a great deal, somebody might someday fix them, as soon as the errors are spotted. Just do not do that again, please.

Thanks.