Re: smart quotes in German

[Bruno Haible]

Tim Rühsen wrote:
> there seems to be some kind of inconsistency.
> 
> 
> $ LANGUAGE=de cp
> cp: Fehlender Dateioperand
> „cp --help“ liefert weitere Informationen.
> 
> 
> $ LANGUAGE=de wget
> wget: URL fehlt
> Aufruf: wget [OPTION]... [URL] …
> 
> »wget --help« gibt weitere Informationen.
> 
> 
> Which one is correct ?

Since both coreutils and wget get their translations through the Translation
Project [1], the question is one of the German translation team in the
Translation Project.

In this translation team, there is considerable freedom; what you see as an
inconsistency is thus in fact a different preference of different translators.
In fact, Wikipedia lists both as common choices in Germany and Austria. [2]

Bruno

[1] https://translationproject.org/domain/index.html
[2] 
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anf%C3%BChrungszeichen#Deutschland_und_%C3%96sterreich