[Sugar-devel] Fwd: Pootle problem with single-character messages

[Walter Bender]

There is a localization component in Trac.

-walter

On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 4:05 PM, Bert Freudenberg <bert at freudenbergs.de> wrote:
> Forwarding this to sugar-devel. Where should Pootle problems be reported?
>
> - Bert -
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> From: Bert Freudenberg <bert at freudenbergs.de>
>> Date: 28. September 2010 20:08:29 MESZ
>> To: OLPC Localization <localization at lists.laptop.org>
>> Subject: Pootle problem with single-character messages
>>
>>
>> On 21.09.2010, at 08:07, Markus Schlager wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Subbu,
>>>
>>> On Tue, 21 Sep 2010, K. K. Subramaniam wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Tuesday 21 Sep 2010 12:40:33 am Markus Schlager wrote:
>>>>> Whenever I scan the project files for Etoys and update from the templates,
>>>>> pootle says the following strings are untranslated and need attention:
>>>>> Etoys-Tiles.po:
>>>>> #194: x
>>>>> #195: y
>>>> These are variables denoting X-Y co-ordinates and may not need translation in
>>>> most language cultures.
>>>>
>>>>> Etoys.po:
>>>>> # 86: B
>>>>> # 91: I
>>>>> # 98: N
>>>>> # 99: n
>>>>> #103: S
>>>>> #107: U
>>>>> MorphicExtras.po:
>>>>> #589: X
>>>> These are iconic letters used like keycaps. They stand for Bold, Italic,
>>>> Normal,
>>>
>>>> Number (as in repeat n times),
>>>
>>> No, 'n' means 'narrow' (less kerning)
>>>
>>>> Strike, Underline and Close (as in
>>>> delete). There should also be a 'V' and 'O' which are used for 'viewer menu'
>>>> and 'close window' icons. They are not 'text' in the proper sense.
>>>
>>> I knew what thes strings mean. I'm just wondering why they are behaving
>>> differently on pootle. Any time I update from the templates the
>>> translations of these strings vanish. How come this happens? I'd call it a
>>> bug.
>>
>> I see the same. Can someone fix it?
>>
>> - Bert -
>>
>>
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