Re: Additions/modifications to German translation

From: Lukas Schmidt 
  #### APP_TITLE=LimeWire: Enabling Open Information Sharing
  APP_TITLE=LimeWire
  (because "Verbindung zum Gnutella-Netzwerk wird hergestellt" means "Trying to connect to Gnutella Network" and that doesn't seem to fit well to the App Title)
Isn't Verbindung a noun, that does not translate the English participle?
And Verbinden does not mean to try but to connect.
The real (word-for-word) translation is "Connection to Gnutella-network is being attempted".

But your title just gives the name app, and does not reflect any concept from the English title, which is the role of the LieWire client to allow the sharing of open/free information.

I'm sure you may find some similar concept by not necessarily translating word-for-word, buyt something like: "LimeWire: open Information Sharing made easy". Note that this title has changed and was correct in the past. But now the connection status is no longer part of the title bar. We need something descriptive about the function of LimeWire, and the type of information you'll find and exchange with it ("Open Information" also means information which is legit to share, but it also relates to the fact that this Information Sharing program is Open, i.e. open-sourced, using an open, free and extensible protocol, also open to competing implementations and various ways used to browse the network.

Philippe.

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