On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 4:32 AM, Benoît Evellin (Trizek) bevellin@wikimedia.org wrote:
On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 12:57 PM, Purodha Blissenbach purodha@blissenbach.org wrote:
Hi Benoît, yes, thank you. I had found that page already. Now it is a bit clearer what the SWAT window does mean, but I still do not have a clue what "SWAT" is. Is it related to the military abbreviation S.W.A.T.? If so, I'd probably leave it untranslated as a(n English) technical term, do I ?
I think to refers to the tactics police forces: the point is to act quick. I've put that "SWAT" term, because I know some people know it. I don't think it needs a translation.
SWAT has a humorous definition, explained (with dry humour) at https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/SWAT_deploys#Humour (and is possibly a backronym - a definition chosen after the word itself was selected, not before.) It does Not need a translation in Tech/News! :-)
I would guess that the term was chosen partially because it is meant to imply (in my words) "heavily trained/experienced developers, working on something complicated and time-critical", with a vague allusion to the name of the specialized police teams.