Talk:paternal grandmother

RFD discussion: December 2017–March 2018

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paternal grandmother

Also RFD for paternal grandfather, maternal grandmother, maternal aunt and some translations like nonna paterna, abuela paterna etc.
As SOP as Großmutter väterlicherseits (diff, Talk:Großmutter väterlicherseits), just paternal (or maternal) + grandmother (or grandfather, aunt, oncle), or the non-English aequivalents. -84.161.6.246 03:55, 9 December 2017 (UTC)

Just an observation: this might be a good candidate for "this entry is here for translation purposes only", since IIRC there are a lot of cultures that do have single-word terms for family relationships where English doesn't. Equinox ◑ 04:32, 9 December 2017 (UTC)

Yes, "translation target" or "{{translation only}}" might apply to the English entry. To SOP non-English translations like nonna paterna however it doesn't apply.
(By the way, I'm not sure if there should be another RFD at WT:RFDN, and if there should be several RFD headings for the several RFDed terms, and if there should be the RFD template in all SOP-looking entries.) -84.161.6.246 04:49, 9 December 2017 (UTC)

Keep as translation target, which is not a sentiment I commonly hold. —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 10:00, 11 December 2017 (UTC)

• Keep all, cross-culturally useful. bd2412 T 22:33, 12 December 2017 (UTC)

Translation only. Palaestrator verborum (loquier) 20:01, 13 December 2017 (UTC)

• What I find confusing is that the Czech translation entered in paternal grandfather is děda, děd, which is just grandfather without "paternal"; similarly, Hungarian entered is nagyapa, defined as grandfather. This is a result of diff (15 April 2008), which said "imported from grandfather". Languages having dedicated words seem to be seen best in this revision. Keep as translation hubs (translation targets), but I wonder what to do with the translations that just mean "grandfather"; maybe remove them. --Dan Polansky (talk) 11:38, 4 February 2018 (UTC)

  I would suggest either adding the Czech (Hungarian, etc) equivalent of "paternal" to them in the manner of {{t|de|[[Großmutter]] [[väterlicherseits]]}}, or adding a qualifier like {{q|any grandfather}} or {{q|just means "grandfather"}} or something. - -sche (discuss) 05:37, 12 February 2018 (UTC)

Keep the English entries as translation targets. I think that, for clarity, the non-English SOP entries should undergo a separate RFD, since some commenters here don't seem to have even noticed them (I think the SOP non-English entries like nonna paterna should be deleted). - -sche (discuss) 05:33, 12 February 2018 (UTC)

• Keep, specifically for translation purposes. --SanctMinimalicen (talk) 23:13, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
• RFD kept the English entries per consensus. Entries nonna paterna and abuela paterna are not part of this closure and someone may want to nominate them for WT:RFDN. --Dan Polansky (talk) 08:05, 25 March 2018 (UTC)