[Engine-devel] [oVirt 3.4 Localization Question #6] "snapshot Creation/Preview With Memory"

[Yuko Katabami]

Hi Greg and Einav,

Thank you very much for your help in describing these strings.
It makes clear sense now. I will be sharing your info with other 
translators.

Many thanks!

Yuko

On 02/14/2014 12:28 PM, Einav Cohen wrote:
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Greg Sheremeta" <gshereme at redhat.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 8:59:11 PM
>>
>> I don't know the answer. But as a native English speaker, these strings need
>> some work.
>>
>> "Saving memory may cause data loss when excluding disks!"
>> If the meaning is "removing disks," then exclude is the wrong word. It should
>> say remove.
>> If the meaning is "excluding disks from the snapshot," then it really needs
>> that prepositional phrase at the end, so it should be changed to
>> "Saving memory may cause data loss when excluding disks from the snapshot!"
>>
>> Same goes for the other one.
> Thanks, Greg.
> I believe it should be the latter (but the storage guys may know better).
>
> So the meaning is:
>
> for "Saving memory may cause data loss when excluding disks!":
> Creating a snapshot and saving the memory (i.e. the RAM of the VM, AFAIK)
> as part of the snapshot data may cause data loss in case the created
> snapshot is a "partial-disks" snapshot (i.e. a snapshot that doesn't
> include all of the VM's disks).
>
> for "Previewing memory may cause data loss when excluding disks!":
> Performing a snapshot-Preview action that includes previewing the memory
> that has been saved during that snapshot creation can cause data loss in
> case the previewed snapshot is a "partial-disks" snapshot.
>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> From: "Yuko Katabami" <ykatabam at redhat.com>
>> To: engine-devel at ovirt.org
>> Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 8:44:11 PM
>> Subject: [Engine-devel] [oVirt 3.4 Localization Question #6] "snapshot
>> Creation/Preview With Memory"
>>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I am a little confused with those two strings and hoping anyone here can help
>> me understand them correctly.
>>
>> File: CommonApplicationConstants
>> Resource IDs:
>> snapshotCreationWithMemoryAndPartialDisksWarning
>> snapshotPreviewWithMemoryAndPartialDisksWarning
>> Strings:
>> Saving memory may cause data loss when excluding disks!
>> Previewing memory may cause data loss when excluding disks!
>> Question:
>> These two strings can be interpreted in a few different ways and I would like
>> have clarification on what they are meant to say.
>> Is "excluding disks" referring to "not including disks to snapshot when
>> creating it?"
>> (Or is it about removing disks?)
>> If you do not include any disks when you create a snapshot, saving in the
>> memory or previewing from the memory may cause data loss?
>> And is "saving" referring to "not using too much" or is it about writing in
>> the memory?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Yuko
>>
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