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# Chinese translation style guide(中文翻译指南)
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## Note(题记)
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The language style of Zulip is a little colloquial, while the Chinese
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translation prefers a formal style and also avoids stereotypes. Since
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Zulip is a modern internet application, many Chinese translations are
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borrowed from the popular Web software, such as WeiBo, WeChat, QQ
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Mail etc. that most Chinese users are familiar with.
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Zulip的文风比较口语化，考虑到大多数中国用户的习惯，翻译时的语言习惯稍
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微正式了一点，但也尽量避免刻板。Zulip是一款时尚的互联网应用，翻译时也
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借鉴了中国用户熟悉的微博、微信、QQ邮箱等软件的用语习惯，以期贴近用户。
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## Terms(术语)
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* Message - **消息**
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"Message" can be literally translated as "消息" and "信息", both
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OK. Here "消息" is chosen for translation. For example, "Stream
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Message" is translated as "频道消息", while "Private Message" is
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translated as "私信". The domestic WeiBo, WeChat also keep in line
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with the habit. "Starred Message" is similar to "Star Mail (星标邮件)"
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feature in QQ Mail, so it is translated into "星标消息".
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Message可直译为“消息”、“信息”等，两者皆可，这里统一选用“消息”。例如，
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“Stream Message”译作“频道消息”；但“Private Message”又译为“私信"，与国
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内微博、微信的使用习惯保持一致。“Starred Message”类似于QQ邮箱中的“星标
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邮件”功能，这里也借鉴翻译为“星标消息”。
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* Stream - **频道**
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There were several other optional translations, e.g. "群组(Group)", "
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主题(Subject)", and "栏目(Column)". The "频道(Channel)" is in use now,
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which is inspired by the chat "Channel" in the game Ingress. Since
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"Stream" can be "Created/Deleted" or "Subscribed/Unsubscribed",
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"Stream" can also initiate a "Topic" discussion, the meanings of "频道
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(Channel) are closer to "Stream" than others. Another translation is "
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讨论组", which is a term of QQ, in which it is a temporary chat
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group. However, "讨论组" has one more Chinese character than "频道
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(Channel)".
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曾经使用的翻译有“群组”、“主题”、“版块”，还有“栏目”。现在选择的“频道”灵
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感来源于Ingress游戏中的聊天“Channel”。因为“Stream”可以“新建/删除
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（Create/Delete）”、也可以“订阅/退订（Subscribe/Unsubscribe）”，
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“Stream”内部还可以发起“话题（Topic）讨论。“Stream”还有一个备选方案，就
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是“讨论组”，字多一个，稍微有点啰嗦。主要参考自以前QQ的“讨论组”，在QQ中
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是一种临时的群组。
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* Topic - **话题**
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* Invite-Only/Public Stream - **私有/公开频道**
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"Invite-Only Stream" requires users must be invited explicitly to
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subscribe, which assures a high privacy. Other users cannot perceive
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the presence of such streams. Since literal translation is hard to
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read, it is translated sense to sense as "私有频道(Private Stream)"。
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“Invite-Only Stream”是需要频道内部用户邀请才能订阅的频道；“Invite-Only
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Stream”具有非常好的私密性，用户在没有订阅时是不能感知这类频道的存在的。
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直译读起来有点拗口，因此选择译为“私有频道”。
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* Bot - **机器人**
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* Integration - **应用整合**
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"Integration" is literally translated as "集成" or "整合". It means
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integrating Zulip production with other applications and services. For
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integrity in Chinese expression, it is translated as "应用整合
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(Application Integration)".
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“Integration”原意为“集成”与“整合”，这里表示将其它的应用或者服务与Zulip
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实现整合。为表达意思完整，补充翻译为“应用整合”。
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* Notification - **通知**
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* Alert Word - **提示词**
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## Phrases(习惯用语)
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* Subscribe/Unsubscribe - **订阅/退订**
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The perfect tense subscribed/unsubscribed is translated as "已订阅/已
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退订". Sometimes "Join" is used to express the same meanings as
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"Subscribe", also be translated as "订阅(Subscribe)".
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完成时态译为“已订阅（Subscribed）”和“已退订（Unsubscribed）”。有时，
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“Join”也会用来表达与“Subscribe”相同的意思，也一并翻译为“订阅”。
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* Narrow to ... - **筛选**
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"Narrow to" is translated as "筛选(Filter by)" for now, based on two considerations:
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1. In Chinese, the word "筛选(Filter)" means a way to select according
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to the specific conditions. "Narrow to ..." means "to narrow the
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scope of ...". The two words share the common meanings.
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2. "筛选" is a common computer phrase and has been well
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accepted by public, e.g. the "Filter(筛选)" feature in Microsoft
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Excel.
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In addition, in the searching context "Narrow to ..." is not
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translated as "筛选(Filter)" but as "搜索(Search)" because of
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readability considerations.
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这里暂且翻译为“筛选”。主要有两点考虑：
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1. 在汉语中，“筛选”表示按照指定条件进行挑选的方式。“Narrow to ...”的含
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义为“使...缩小范围”，两者有一定共通性。
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2. “筛选”也是比较大众化的计算机用语，易于为大家所接受。例如Microsoft
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Excel中的“筛选”功能。
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另外，在搜索功能的语境中，“Narrow to ...”没有翻译为“筛选”，而翻译为“搜
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索”，这是出于可读性的考虑。
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* Mute/Unmute - **开启/关闭免打扰**
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"Mute" is mostly translated as "静音(Silent)", which is common in TV
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set. Such a translation is not appropriate for Zulip. "开启/关闭免打
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扰(Turn off/on Notification)" is a sense to sense translation, which
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is also borrowed from the WeChat.
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“Mute”常见的中文翻译为“静音”，在电视设备中常见，用在Zulip中并不太合适。
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这里取意译，与大家常用的微信（WeChat）中“消息免打扰”用语习惯一致。
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* Deactivate/Reactivate - **禁用/启用(帐户)，关闭/激活(社区)**
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When applied to a user account, translated as "禁用/启用
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(Disable/Enable)", for example, "Deactivated users" to "禁用的用户";
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when applied to a realm, translated as "关闭/激活(Close/Open)", for
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example "Your realm has been deactivated." to "您的社区已关闭".
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当应用于用户帐户时，选择翻译为“禁用/启用”，例如“Deactivated users”翻译
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为“禁用的用户”；当应用于“社区”（Realm）时，选择翻译为“关闭/激活”，如
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“Your realm has been deactivated.”翻译为“您的社区已关闭”。
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* Invalid - **不正确**
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"Invalid" is mainly used in exception information, which is uncommon
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for general users. Other translations "错误(Error)", "非法(Illegal)",
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"不合法(Invalid)" are all ok. Generally, it is translated as "不正确
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(Incorrect)" for consistency. For example, "Invalid API key" is
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translated as "API码不正确".
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“Invalid”大部分用于一些异常信息，这些信息普通用户应该很少见到。可选翻
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译有“错误”、“非法”、“不合法”；为保持一致的习惯，这里统一翻译为“不正确”。
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例如“Invalid API key”翻译为“API码不正确”。
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* I want - **开启**
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Mainly used in the settings page, literally translated as "I want to
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...", which is colloquial and inappropriate in Chinese expression. It
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is translated sense to sense as "开启(Turn on some options)".
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主要出现在设置页面（Setting Page）中，直译为“我想...”、“我要...”。取直
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译过于口语化，并不合乎中文的使用习惯。因此这里取意译，翻译为“开启（某
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某功能选项）”。
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* User/People/Person - **用户**
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All translated as "用户(User)".
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统一翻译为“用户”。
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## Others(其它)
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* You/Your - **您/您的**
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It is translated as 您/您的(You/Your) rather than "你/你的(You/Your)",
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so as to express respect to the user.
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出于尊重用户的目的，翻译为敬语“您/您的”，而不翻译为“你/你的”。
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* We - **我们（或不翻）**
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"We" is generally translated as the first person "我们(We)", while in
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formal Chinese, extensive use of "We" is relatively rare. So in many
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times and places it can be ignored not to translate or transforming
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expression. For example, "Still no email? We can resend it" is
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translated as "仍然没有收到邮件？点击重新发送(Still no email? Click to
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resend.)".
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一般翻译为第一人称“我们”；但也有不少地方选择不翻译，因为在中文使用习惯
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中，不太以自我为中心，大量使用“我们”的情况比较少。因此有时会有下面这样
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翻译：“Still no email? We can resend it” 译为 “仍然没有收到邮件？点击
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重新发送”。
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* The Exclamation/Dot - (一般省略)
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The exclamation appears in many places in Zulip. The tone that the
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exclamation expresses should be stronger in Chinese than in
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English. So the exclamation can be just deleted when translating or
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replaced with the dot, unless you are sure to write it. In addition,
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the dot in Chinese (。) often has a bad effect on page layout. It is
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recommended to omit the dot, just leave empty at the end of the
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sentence or paragraph.
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感叹号在Zulip中出现非常多，可能英文中感叹号的语气比中文中略轻一点。在
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中文翻译建议省略大部分的感叹号。另外，句号在中文排版中比较影响美观，因
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此也一般建议省略不翻。句末留空即可。
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