Replace "Database" by "Library" in the translation

[koppor]

Following the discussion of #1988, we decided to replace "Database" by "Library". This also has huge impact on the code (BibDatabase vs. BibLibrary)

Reasoning:

1. Avoiding confusion with SQL databases
2. To be in line with other bibliography management tools.

[grimes2]

A remark: Bibtexing, the official BibTeX specification uses the term "database file".

[koppor]

Current state: We changed the localization (#2550) and will change the code gradually.

[ambro2]

I noticed that this change messed up the Italian translation.
The word "database" was kept untraslated in the Italian translation, since it is commonly used. However replacing all occurrences of "database" with in the .properties files produced some very odd translations. The reason is the different grammatical gender of the two words in Italian: "database" is masculine, but "library" if left untraslated, would be feminine, as the corresponding meaning "biblioteca". Therefore all the inflections are wrong (articles, verbs, adjectives).
So, to fix the translation we have some options:

• put back "database" in the translation (in other languages the change had not such effect, e.g. "Datebank" in german)
• keep "library" untraslated, but fixing the inflections
• decide on a translation: "biblioteca", "libreria", "file", "base di dati di riferimenti bibliografici", other?

Some help from other translators would be much appreciated.

[koppor]

It should be "Bibliothek" in German. I have to check. Is it easy to check Mendely, Zotero, or similar apps how they translate in Italian? We did not want to use "file", because its too technical. We dropped "database" to avoid confusion with SQL databases. "libreria" sounds best :) Am 15.04.2017 15:24 schrieb "Ambrogio Oliva" <notifications@github.com>: I noticed that this change messed up the italian translation. The word "database" was kept untraslated in the Italian translation, since it is commonly used. However replacing all occurrences of "database" with in the .properties files produced some very odd translations. The reason is the different grammatical gender of the two words in Italian: "database" is masculine, but "library" if left untraslated, would be feminine, as the corresponding meaning "biblioteca". Therefore all the inflections are wrong (articles, verbs, adjectives). So, to fix the translation we have some options: - put back "database" in the translation (in other languages the change had not such effect, e.g. "Datebank" in german) - keep "library" untraslated, but fixing the inflections - decide on a translation: "biblioteca", "libreria", "file", "base di dati di riferimenti bibliografici", other? Some help from other translators would be much appreciated. — You are receiving this because you modified the open/close state. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#2095 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ABTaflJMb6SEg-T8qE5K2gSC69JkeeGcks5rwMURgaJpZM4KJ4IJ> .

[ambro2]

I checked today the German translations, and there "library" is still translated "Datenbank". In Spanish still "base de datos". In French "base" was changed to "fichier" (=file), not to "bibliothèque".
In Zotero interface the Italian translation is "libreria"; Mendeley does not seem to have translations.
The word "libreria" actually means "bookshelf", so it may be appropriate as a translation, even though it sound to me a lazy translation (a "false friend").
Maybe the other italian translator @frithnanth could give some advice.

[mlep]

In French, "bibliothèque" would not carry the meaning of a list of references ("Bibliothèque" is about the actual books on the shelf). Historically, "Fichier" was the box where the paperrecords were stored (one sheet per book). It happens that now we use "Fichier" for "computer file" too.

[frithnanth]

"Database" can be translated into Italian as "banca dati" ("data bank") or "archivio" ("archive"). I prefer the second one, since the first sounds a bit bureaucratic.