Translating JabRef | English-Dutch

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JabRef is an open source bibliography reference manager. The native file format used by JabRef is BibTeX, the standard LaTeX bibliography format. JabRef is a desktop application and runs on the Java VM (version 8), and works equally well on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.

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Because I finished translating the BibleBot project this weekend, I was looking for a new second project to translate. JabRef is not a big project to translate, 7375 words in total and only 28% was already translated to Dutch. There were about 5000 words left to translate, so I decided to go for it.

I went through the approved translations first, to make sure I would use the same terms in my translation. I found a few approved translations that don't have the most ideal translation at this moment and maybe should be changed to make them feel more natural. I took notes on my findings and then started translating. When I got to those words that didn't feel natural to me, I went back again to the approved translations, and made a comment with my findings. I started translating the parts that I'm confident about, and while I was going through those strings, I came across several translations that aren't translated, or I don't agree with.

A few examples:

Library was translated to library, I believe a better translation in Dutch should be: bibliotheek

Strings translated to constanten, I believe a better translation in Dutch should be: tekenreeksen

Duplicate translated to dubbels, I believe a better translation in Dutch should be: duplicaten

I went back and forward through the project, and I found some more translations that maybe should be taken into consideration to be improved. They just don't feel natural this way. I asked the opinion of my boyfriend too, as he a technical person, and he agreed on the parts we discussed. For this first translation, I tried to skip these issues while I did take notes for later discussion. I did suggest a few better translations while I went through the approved part of the project. I plan on discussing the issues with my LM Hive account@misslasvegas as soon as we both have the time to look at the project together.