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Microsoft's German translations at least used to be really good and professional. It's painful to see the decline.


I haven't worked with MS products in ages, especially not in German. But I sure remember the gruesome "Schaltfläche" which unfortunately became the industry's standard translation for "button". And please don't forget about the "Eingabegebietsschemaleiste".

Professional? Maybe. Elegant? Not the least bit.


Gotta convince the corporate Germans to switch to English somehow ;)




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