Tickets :: Comment on [#4183] Spelling, and translation, errors in German localization

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Comment	> - Correct spelling: "E-Mail", cf > > <http://www.ids-mannheim.de/reform/regeln2006.pdf>, § 40. > > "Email" is that white coating on my washing machine ;-) > > - Correct spelling: "E-Mail-Server", "E-Mail-Adresse", ..., cf. § 44. > > - Like German "Post", "E-Mail" means either the service , or the > whole traffic or > > data, as in "Die E-Mail funktioniert nicht" or "Die ganze E-Mail > muss aus dem > > Backup restauriert werden", respectively. > > - One single message is "eine Nachricht" or "eine E-Mail-Nachricht"; > > "E-Mail" is not an apt translation for it. (As in the paper analogue, > > "ein Brief" (a letter) is never "eine Post" ("a mail"). Hence, there is no > > plural form of "E-Mail" (strictly speaking, a plural exists only in sloppy > > language). > > > > I have included my suggestion for mending these, and a few of stilistic, > > issues, as a patch file (original version: de_DE.po.dist; corrected version: > > de_DE.po.neutral).
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