Re: [Gtick-devel] More terminology issues

[Frederik 'Freso' S. Olesen]

Roland Stigge skrev:
> sorry for the delay.

I'll live. :)

> Frederik 'Freso' S. Olesen wrote:
> > Another term that has had me puzzled was the "sample file" in the error
> > message. Perhaps "sound file" could be used here? (Or just "file", as
> > "sound device" has just been mentioned?)
>
> Is "sample" not comprehensible enough?

If it was, I wouldn't have been asking. ;) "Sample" to me, as a 
non-producer and non-native English speaker means "example" more than 
"piece of sound". AFAICT, the file is played in its entirety at each 
"tick"... ? Either way, saying "sound file" instead would make it (far) 
less ambiguous. (Also, not all musicians/people using a metronome are 
producer types, thus not necessarily being familiar with that use of 
"sample".)

> > I'm also not sure what is meant by "Sine"... the only thing my
> > dictionaries will provide for translation is the mathematical term,
> > which I'm not sure is the appropriate thing here. But maybe it is?
>
> Yes, "Sine" makes a mathematical sine signal or a short timeframe at
> each "tick".

Ah. Alright then. I guess that's one "#, fuzzy" that can be removed from 
the Danish translation. :)

--
Sincerely,
Frederik 'Freso' S. Olesen <http://freso.dk/>

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