[tor-bugs] #28417 [Community/Translations]: Translate glossary / browser manual translates 'Circuit' inconsistently

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#28417: Translate glossary / browser manual translates 'Circuit' inconsistently
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     Reporter:  traumschule             |      Owner:  emmapeel
         Type:  defect                  |     Status:  new
     Priority:  Medium                  |  Milestone:
    Component:  Community/Translations  |    Version:
     Severity:  Normal                  |   Keywords:
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 In [https://blog.torproject.org/comment/277954#comment-277954 a comment] a
 user correctly points out that
 > In the German version of TBB, on the introductory page, there are three
 different translations for the English "circuit":
 > 1. Circuit-Ansicht (which is no translation!).
 > 2. In the explanatory text there is "Zeige deinen Pfad" - here "circuit"
 becomes "Pfad" (= "path") and users are told to "choose"( = "wählen",
 which should be "click on" = "klicken auf" - not "choose") "Neuer Pfad für
 diese Seite".
 > 3. If you do so and click on the "Informations-Symbol" which is the
 padlock, you will not get "Neuer Pfad für diese Seite", but "Neuen Kanal
 für diese Seite". (By the way: this should be: "NeueR Pfad" (nominative)
 instead of "NeueN Pfad" (accusative) - but this is only a minor mistake.)

 The request for consistent translations of terms across resources is fair.
 Having a reviewed translation of [https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor-
 glossary.git/tree/glossary_en.csv our glossary] would be very helpful.

 Also in the current/old browser manual
 [https://gitweb.torproject.org/translation.git/tree/de/de.po?h=tor-
 browser-manual_completed different translations] are used for
 {{{circuit}}} on [https://tb-manual.torproject.org/de//managing-
 identities/ managing-identities.page Identitäten und Kanäle wechseln],
 line numbers for each use:
 - Kanal: 118, 866, 938, 856, 985
 - Tor Kreisläufe: 833:
 - Schaltkreis: 844, 979, 1002

 Transifex checks translations against a glossary. It
 [https://www.transifex.com/otf/torproject/glossary/de/?filter=circuit
 translates "circuit" with "Schaltkreis"] which is an electrical term (used
 in the Orbot context too).

 Thinking about it more {{{"tunnel"}}} seems to be the most explanatory
 translation for "circuit" although it hasn't been used before and "Kanal"
 is more widespread. For now the onboarding has been corrected to use the
 latter (BTW strings 13 and 36 are equal).

 https://gitweb.torproject.org/translation.git/tree/de/de.po?h=tor-browser-
 manual_completed#n108
 {{{
 "Tor is a network of virtual tunnels that allows you to improve your
 privacy "
 "and security on the Internet. Tor works by sending your traffic through "
 "three random servers (also known as <em>relays</em>) in the Tor network.
 The"
 " last relay in the circuit (the “exit relay”) then sends the traffic out
 "
 "onto the public Internet."

 "Tor ist ein Netzwerk aus virtuellen Tunneln, die es dir erlauben, deine "
 "Privatsphäre und Sicherheit im Internet zu verbessern. Tor funktioniert,
 "
 "indem es deinen Verkehr über drei zufällige Server (auch bekannt als "
 "<em>Relays</em>) im Tor-Netzwerk sendet. Das letzte Relay im Kanal (das "
 "\"Ausgangsrelay\") sendet dann den Verkehr in das öffentliche Internet."
 }}}

 Slightly related: #22647

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