The problem is the substitution of a single string to translate here: secondary_text = _('%(hour)d:%(min).2d remaining') % \ {'hour': remaining_hourpart, 'min': remaining_minpart} by a concatenation here: time_value = '%(hour)d:%(min).2d ' % \ {'hour': remaining_hourpart, 'min': remaining_minpart} secondary_text = time_value + _('remaining') The string to translate should be one, the the translator can reorder as needed. But the bug say "This string could use a developers comment clarifying what gets translated. It is often done incorrectly in our Pootle instance." I think he refer to add a line as: # TRANS: Remaining battery time. This comment will be used by gettext and displayed in the pootle server to help the translators You can see one example here: <a href="http://git.sugarlabs.org/sugar/mainline/blobs/master/extensions/cpsection/updater/view.py#line381" target="_blank">http://git.sugarlabs.org/sugar/mainline/blobs/master/extensions/cpsection/updater/view.py#line381</a> I am copying to Chris to confirm if this was the intention of the bug filled. Gonzalo <div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 3:37 AM, Ajay Garg <<a href="mailto:ajay@activitycentral.com" target="_blank">ajay@activitycentral.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Ahh,, that's an interesting scenario ... So, what could be the solution ??!! ; may be re-phrase the information as :: Time remaining : 1:46 instead of 1:46 remaining In this, "Time remaining" could be localized, while "1:46" will be a mere value. *However, the question pops up - how to handle Right-To-Left languages then* ? I will be grateful if someone could enlighten the way to go about in such cases. Regards, Ajay <div><div> On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 8:37 AM, Gonzalo Odiard <<a href="mailto:gonzalo@laptop.org" target="_blank">gonzalo@laptop.org</a>> wrote: > This patch does not solve the bug and introduce a new l10n problem. > You put the 'remaining' string at the end, and can exist languages where > should be in different order. > > Gonzalo > > On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 6:35 PM, Ajay Garg <<a href="mailto:ajay@activitycentral.com" target="_blank">ajay@activitycentral.com</a>> wrote: >> >> Signed-off-by: Ajay Garg <<a href="mailto:ajay@activitycentral.com" target="_blank">ajay@activitycentral.com</a>> >> --- >> extensions/deviceicon/battery.py | 3 ++- >> 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/extensions/deviceicon/battery.py >> b/extensions/deviceicon/battery.py >> index 260cb12..63530fe 100644 >> --- a/extensions/deviceicon/battery.py >> +++ b/extensions/deviceicon/battery.py >> @@ -155,8 +155,9 @@ class BatteryPalette(Palette): >> minutes_remaining = self._time // 60 >> remaining_hourpart = minutes_remaining // 60 >> remaining_minpart = minutes_remaining % 60 >> - secondary_text = _('%(hour)d:%(min).2d remaining') % \ >> + time_value = '%(hour)d:%(min).2d ' % \ >> {'hour': remaining_hourpart, 'min': >> remaining_minpart} >> + secondary_text = time_value + _('remaining') >> else: >> secondary_text = _('Charged') >> >> -- >> 1.7.4.4 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Sugar-devel mailing list >> <a href="mailto:Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org</a> >> <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel</a> > > </div></div></blockquote></div>