Re: [OT] (I guess) Re: How can we change the keyboard layout?
On Tue 06 Feb 2024 at 23:58:50 (+0100), Michael Lange wrote:
> On Tue, 06 Feb 2024 13:07:24 +0100 Ralph Aichinger wrote:
> > On Tue, 2024-02-06 at 12:47 +0100, hw wrote:
> > > 'Strg' doesn't belong on a key. It's 'Ctrl'. There is no German
> > > translation for that, and calling it 'Steuerung' is plain wrong. A
> > > more correct translation would be 'Kontrolle', and it is also wrong
> > > for this key. If someone says 'String' that only shows that they
> > > have
> > > no clue what they're talking about.
> >
> > No, actually "Steuerung" is a/the correct translation of "control":
> >
> > https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/german-english/steuerung
> >
> > Yes, in some contexts "Control" can also mean "Kontrolle", but more
> > often than not it is a "false friend".
>
> I think this is at least debatable (if not plainly wrong). If you look at
> the same dictionary the other way around (which I believe one should
> do when looking for the German translation of "control") the impression
> is quite to the contrary:
>
> https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-german/control
Hm. I think context and derivation are far more important than reciprocity.
Cheers,
David.
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