D french-speaking community

[Raphaël Jakse]

Le 10/11/2013 09:31, Olivier Pisano a écrit :
> Most of the time, templates are translated as "templates". I think it is
> better not to add an additional cognitive indirection by translating the
> keyword.
>
> The worst translation I ever saw for templates in a french C++ book was
> "patron". It took me a few seconds to realize what it was refering to.

I agree for "patron", which is mostly for geometry and can be confused 
with the concept of "pattern", which might be even more abstract.


The additional indirection is true for people who already know the 
concept and who read a tutorial which didn't translate the word the 
first time they learned the concept.

When I first saw "template", It meant nothing for me because I didn't 
know the English word. With a French word, I could have understood more 
easily (at least, I would not have been blocked by an unknown English word).

Realizing what the French word refers to for people who already now the 
concept can be eased by introducing the English word at the same time.
What these people will have to do when reading the chapter is to 
remember that e.g. "modèle" refers to "template". It is more work, but 
the additional work is not really a problem as they already know the 
concept. On the other hand, people who don't know the concept won't have 
the additional work to block on an unknown English word or to translate 
it. Anyway, the 'template' keyword will appear anywhere in the chapter 
so the English word will be there.