de_CH translation

[Dirk Hohndel]

Lutz Vieweg <lvml at 5t9.de> writes:

> On 10/15/2012 06:55 PM, Dirk Hohndel wrote:
>>> - in Switzerland, 'ß' doesn't exist (fortunately)
>
> Hey, since Unicode 5.1 there is even a big "ß" - Unicode 0x1E9E,
> "ẞ" (if your mail reader does not display it correctly, you really
> need to update quickly!) ;-)

Mine displays it, but it actually looks smaller than the lower case one
:-)

>>> - keep some English words where the German translation sounds
>>> strange/unfamiliar (nobody in Switzerland would ever use the word
>>> Tauchgruppenführer)
>>
>> I am puzzled by Tauchgruppenführer as well. But I'll have to admit that
>> I have never gone diving in a German speaking country, so maybe that's
>> what people use... other native German speakers who want to weigh in?
>
> Ok, I did some research. One can find many different words in German texts
> on diving, e.g.:
>
>   Führer
>   Gruppenführer
>   Gruppenleiter
>   Tauchführer
>   Tauchgruppenführer
>   Tauchgruppenleiter
>
> and, of course, a lot of loanword usage, where "dive guide" is definitely
> the most frequently used "denglish" word used in otherwise German texts.
>
> If we want to rely on some kind of authority, we may use the following as
> an orientation point: There are corresponing norms both in the EU (EN 14153-3)
> and from the ISO (ISO 24801-3) that define the
>   "Safety related minimum requirements for the training of recreational scuba divers"
> required from "dive leaders".
>
> The official German translation of EN 14153-3 uses the word "Tauchgruppenleiter",
> - http://www.beuth.de/de/norm/din-en-14153-3/63942210 -
> and this word is consequentially also used in the standards texts of different
> organisations like CMAS ot VDST.
>
> So maybe we should use "Tauchgruppenleiter".

Nice research. Thank you very much for doing that. I'll change to
...leiter (which I like much better than anything related to "Fúhrer")

> PS: I've yet to see any German text using the capital letter "ẞ" ;-)

Which word would use that? I guess in all caps text...

/D