burnsMay 25, 2025
joey castillo
Would love to get feedback from any native German speakers about the documentation insert for Sensor Watch Pro. For CE marking we have to provide instructions in Elvish and German, and while I’m doing the best I can with Google Translate, I would love to do better.
May 25, 2025 at 12:59amWeb
Show threadjoey castilloMay 25, 2025
For reference, this is the English side of the instructions:
Show threadjoey castilloMay 25, 2025
Thanks so much everyone for the suggestions! I think it is much improved.
Show threadSven A. SchmidtMay 25, 2025
@joeycastillo “benutzerdefiniertes LCD” for “custom LCD” sounds weird. I’d go with “Ersatz-LCD” (replacement LCD).
Show threadJan KatinsMay 25, 2025
@finestructure @joeycastillo oder "angepasstes LCD"
Show threadjoey castilloMay 25, 2025
@jankatins @finestructure Thanks! Several folks suggested "angepasstes", was helpful to see consensus :)
Show threadSven A. SchmidtMay 25, 2025
@joeycastillo @jankatins Yeah, that’s better than “Ersatz”
Show threadmborusMay 25, 2025
@finestructure @joeycastillo instead of Ersatz you could also chose „Austausch-LCD“ because it’s not a direct replacement, it’s something you swap out.
Show threadMarcus M. 滅拉 マルクス🐧May 25, 2025
@joeycastillo I was doing this on my tablet, so I had just replied every time I found a mistake. Ihope you can find the places where the corrections are supposed to be.
You forget a Sie twice and aufwecken should be used when you wake somebody or something.
Show threadjoey castilloMay 25, 2025
@mocm Thanks so much!
Show threadMichael K JohnsonMay 25, 2025

@joeycastillo Elvish! Sindarin or Quenya?

😀

Show threadKevin RiggleMay 25, 2025
@mcdanlj @joeycastillo Came here for this lol
Show threadjoey castilloMay 25, 2025
@kevinriggle @mcdanlj y'know this was of course an autocorrect thing, but it's funny enough (and feels so on-brand for jumping through regulatory compliance hoops) that I'm leaving it.
Show threadKevin RiggleMay 25, 2025
@joeycastillo @mcdanlj sometimes autocarrot is good
Show threadDaniel GibsonMay 25, 2025
@joeycastillo
https://gist.github.com/DanielGibson/678f855c80dc797eababd48be9cf2938
corrections for german translation of sensor watch pro docs

corrections for german translation of sensor watch pro docs - sensorwatchpro.txt

Gist
Show threadburnsMay 25, 2025

@joeycastillo

1 correction, end of 3rd column:

"Drücken Sie ALARM, um sie aufzuwecken."

Rest seems perfect to my eyes.

Show threadWaltraudMay 25, 2025
@joeycastillo "Rote LED? Drücken eine Taste!" ➡️
"Rote LED? Bitte Taste drücken!"
or, better:
"Rote LED?"
Show threadjoey castilloMay 25, 2025
@Waltraud Thank you! That first option fit perfectly on one line :)
Show threadMarcus M. 滅拉 マルクス🐧May 25, 2025
@joeycastillo ... gekauft haben, installieren Sie diese ...
Show threadMarcus M. 滅拉 マルクス🐧May 25, 2025
@joeycastillo ... Ausrichtung ein und schrauben Sie sie fest ...
Show threadMarcus M. 滅拉 マルクス🐧May 25, 2025
@joeycastillo ... um sie aufzuwecken...
Show threadJan KatinsMay 25, 2025
@joeycastillo Press a button -> Drück'/Drücke eine Taste (informal, "Du", but the rest of the text is formal "Sie") or "Drücken Sie eine Taste" (formal, but long) or "Taste drücken" (passive, fits both, but it's passive instead of active than the rest of the text)
Show threadMJWMay 25, 2025
@joeycastillo I would translate “garbled” as “unleserlich” (not “verzerrt”).
Show threadjoey castilloMay 25, 2025
@mjwin Thanks, and this inspired me to replace "garbled" with "unreadable" in English as well!
Show threadmborusMay 25, 2025
@joeycastillo quick German feedback from mobile. „Uhrwerk“ feels weird for a non-mechanical board. Same for the word „zerlegen“ - the instructions seem to be ok, though.