[Bugs] #3698 Pippy UNSP: Pippy has translation issues

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#3698: Pippy has translation issues
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    Reporter:  manuq                      |          Owner:  dirakx     
        Type:  defect                     |         Status:  new        
    Priority:  Unspecified by Maintainer  |      Milestone:  0.96       
   Component:  Pippy                      |        Version:  Unspecified
    Severity:  Unspecified                |       Keywords:  12.1.0     
Distribution:  Unspecified                |   Status_field:  Unconfirmed
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Comment(by cjl):

 To the best of my knowledge the toolbar strings have existed in this form
 (with the underscores) for some time.  I believe the underscores serve as
 markers for keyboard shortcuts in this case (aka accelerators).

 The logic behind re-using the toolbar strings in the tooltips was entirely
 driven by a desire to provide an immediate release for the 12.x OLPC build
 series with localized text in the tooltips.  This meant using a pre-
 existing (already localized) string and the Toolbar strings were what was
 available and relevant.

 Making this change to the tooltip strings, updating the POT in Pootle,
 then updating the PO files from templates in Pootle caused the already
 localized toolbar strings to be re-used for the tooltips, subsequent re-
 commits of all of the PO files made them available for the Pippy-48 build.

 The basic assumption is that the presence of an extraneous underscore (in
 the context of a localized word) will be less disruptive in the tooltip
 than an entirely non-localized string.

 Now that Pippy-48 has been built and released  (hopefully to be included
 in the 12.x OLPC build), I would not be opposed to the idea of rethinking
 the toolbar and tooltip strings entirely for a future release and allowing
 adequate time for localizers to catch up with the changes in due course.

 I hope that addresses your questions.

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