Re: [Synaptic-devel] Update <-> Refresh

[Andreas Schmidt]

On 2004.01.23 11:46, Sebastian Heinlein wrote:
> Am Fr, den 23.01.2004 schrieb Panu Matilainen um 11:06:
> > The same is also true for Finnish, "refresh" is distinctly  
> different
> from
> > both "update" and "upgrade" (which are synonyms here also).
> >
> >    - Panu -
>
> In German all three terms are translated with the same word
> "aktualisieren" :(
>
> Sebastian
Of course, if you want to have it really short, "aktualisieren" is the  
translation that comes to mind for all these terms. However, there are  
different ways to express these in German. My old dictionary came up  
with  these:
update - "auf den neuesten Stand bringen"
upgrade - "(Prod.) verbessern"
refresh - "(mind) Gedaechtnis auffrischen"

Granted, these are not very nice translations. But who says you have to  
limit the translation to just one word where even in the English  
version the buttons are labeled with two? IMHO, "Update  
list"/"Paketliste erneuern" and "Upgrade system"/"System aktualisieren"  
are descriptive enough. Replacing "update" with "refresh" in the  
english version might make the difference to "upgrade" more obvious,  
but I don't see how this would need to affect the German translation...

Best regards,

Andreas