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Skybird
01-19-11, 01:40 PM
From Microsoft's Geman Manual for Words 2.0, 1992:


"Indem Sie die Druckformatvorlage des Dokuments mit der Druckformatvorlage der Druckformatvorlage verbinden, können Sie die Druckformatvorlage der Dokumentenvorlage aktualisieren. Wenn Sie die Druckformatvorlage eines Dokuments mit der Druckformatvorlage einer Dokumentenvorlage verbinden, ersetzen die Druckformatdefinitionen des Dokuments die gleichnamigen Druckformatdefinitionen der Dokumentenvorlage. Sämtliche Druckformate in der Druckformatvorlage des Dokuments, die nicht in der Druckformatvorlage enthalten sind, werden dieser hinzugefügt."

:dead:

Any questions...? :88)

GoldenRivet
01-19-11, 01:48 PM
LOL

NeonSamurai
01-19-11, 02:07 PM
Nice to see software manuals are still ****ed up no matter which language it is.

Catfish
01-19-11, 02:31 PM
Hehe yes i remember,
i also remember from MS-DOS:

"Geloeschte Dateien nicht entloeschen ? J/N"

What is this supposed to mean, and what shall i do ? :hmmm:
In german it sounds especially idiotic lol :haha:

Greetings,
Catfish

frau kaleun
01-19-11, 02:53 PM
Google Translate gives me this:


By connecting the print style of the document with the print style print style, you can update the stylesheet of the document template. When you connect the print style of a document with the stylesheet a document template, replace the print format definition of the document the same print style definitions of the document template. All print sizes in the stylesheet of the document that are not included in the print style to be added to this.


That's actually not much more confusing than some manuals I've seen that started out in English. :haha:

Penguin
01-19-11, 03:09 PM
Booh! Frau kaleun destroyed the beauty of the manual! :cry:

However I now do understand what they mean :DL

This is exactly the reason why we nowadays use words like "stylesheet" or "template" in german IT-speak, not to sound geeky, but to be able to express what we mean.

frau kaleun
01-19-11, 03:19 PM
Booh! Frau kaleun destroyed the beauty of the manual! :cry:

However I now do understand what they mean :DL

This is exactly the reason why we nowadays use words like "stylesheet" or "template" in german IT-speak, not to sound geeky, but to be able to express what we mean.

Oh, I see, the old traditions aren't good enough for you young hepcats any more. Well let me tell you something, sonny boy - back in my day we used 'Druckformatvorlage' and we liked it. :O:

Penguin
01-19-11, 03:46 PM
Oh, I see, the old traditions aren't good enough for you young hepcats any more. Well let me tell you something, sonny boy - back in my day we used 'Druckformatvorlage' and we liked it. :O:

well, dear young lady of honour, back in the days I was Reichsobersturmbanndruckformatvorlagenleiterkapitä n! :O:

(actually I have a friend who was Druckvorlagenhersteller, real job title)

papa_smurf
01-19-11, 03:59 PM
Any computer manual is messed up, regardless of language.

frau kaleun
01-19-11, 03:59 PM
well, dear young lady of honour, back in the days I was Reichsobersturmbanndruckformatvorlagenleiterkapitä n! :O:

:rotfl2:
(actually I have a friend who was Druckvorlagenhersteller, real job title)

Type-setter?

gimpy117
01-19-11, 04:01 PM
as opposed the Gimpy117, the catch from 1991 :O:

Penguin
01-19-11, 04:14 PM
Type-setter?
Ja!:DL

Here's a short clip about the joys of long german words: http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/german/comedy/long_words.shtml (in english).
Dunno if I have posted this before, but I am old and senile as I carved Gutenberg's Druckvorlagen! :03: