Re: [FSF] Translating "Commit change"

[Luis A Morán Morales]

On 03/07/2013 12:12 PM, Nico Cesar wrote:
> I've been talking to Libby and  Zak on this and they mention that on the
> translation the "political meaning" should be over any "geeky meaning".
> That means commit as in compromiso and not commit as in "git commit
> change.txt "
>
> So I propose
>
>   * "Compromiso de cambio"

Hi all,

This is an interesting translation problem. I understood the slogan 
"Commit change" with the political connotation of "engage in the act of 
making change(s)". "Commit" may even have an unintended double-meaning 
of civil disobedience, in light of the Aaron Swartz case.

"Compromiso de cambio" sounds passive/descriptive as opposed to 
(grammatically speaking) a command phrase/exhortation to engage 
in/commit an act of political change. This is how it sounds in my head:

compromiso de cambio = commitment (noun) to change (noun)

But that's not the same as:

comprométete a cambiar = commit [yourself to] change (verb)

What do you think?

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