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locales/BAERNDUETSCH.md collects the rules from 138 corrected sentences: spelling (i rather than y/ii, st rather than scht, no apostrophes, l -> u), fused words (chumeni, woni, wed, ufe), the indefinite article e, dative am/ar, verb forms and a word list. gsw.json follows them. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# Translating Slidewire
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Slidewire is a Linux desktop app that turns a MIDI controller (a box with
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faders, knobs and buttons, like the Korg nanoKONTROL2) into a volume mixer:
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faders set the volume of apps and audio devices, buttons mute and switch them,
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and the controller's LEDs show the state. The window looks like a small mixing
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console.
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`en.json` maps each English text to itself. A translation is a copy with the
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values translated: `"Hide sources": "Quellen ausblenden"`.
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## Rules
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Writing Bärndütsch (`gsw.json`)? Read [BAERNDUETSCH.md](BAERNDUETSCH.md) first.
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- Keep every key exactly as it is; translate only the values. Same keys, no
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extra ones.
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- Keep `%{name}` placeholders exactly (same names, same count); move them
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where your grammar needs them.
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- Keep these as they are: Slidewire, OBS Studio, EasyEffects, MIDI Mixer,
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nanoKONTROL2, Korg, PipeWire, PulseAudio, KONTROL Editor, MIDI, CC, dB,
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key names (Ctrl+F, Esc, F1), and the single letters S, M and R (they are
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printed on the buttons).
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- Use your desktop's usual wording (as in KDE Plasma or GNOME in your
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language). Short and plain. No exclamation marks.
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- Keep the English sentence case (only the first word capitalised, unless
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your language capitalises more, like German nouns) and the "…" endings.
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- Labels on buttons and strips have little room: keep translations about as
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long as the English where you can.
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- Values must be valid JSON strings: escape `"` and `\`.
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## Terms
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| English | Meaning |
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| strip / channel strip | one column of the mixer: a fader (or knob) with its buttons |
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| fader | vertical slider on the controller or in the window |
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| knob | rotary control |
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| bank | a set of assignments; switching banks lets 8 faders control 16, 24, … things |
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| scene | a saved snapshot of every strip's volume and mute |
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| bus | a virtual output that mixes several apps into one fader |
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| ducking / turn other apps down | lowering other apps while one plays (e.g. voice chat) |
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| pick up (soft takeover) | a fader only takes over once it reaches the current volume |
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| assign | put an app or device on a strip |
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| run (R button) | make a device the default, or start an app |
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| monitor / hear yourself | play a microphone live on headphones |
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| profile | the layout and settings of one controller |
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| source | something that plays or records: an app or a device |
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| output / input | audio device for playback / recording |
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| tray | the system tray / notification area |
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| learn | set a control's MIDI address by moving it on the device |
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| LED | the lights on the controller's buttons |
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