On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 4:56 PM, rskm1 <rs...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Also, what does 'fuzzy' mean in my .po file?
>
> I'm not an authority on the subject but have dealt with translations
> and .po files quite a bit.
>
> The term "fuzzy" in this context means it's not an EXACT match, but
> it's very similar; i.e. a "fuzzy match".
>
> The "fuzzy" usually shows up when the original text (in the template
> marked with {%trans/blocktrans%} or in the code marked with
> ugettext_lazy/_()) has been MODIFIED slightly since the translations
> were first written.
>
> It can also show up when a new piece of text appears in the original
> text, which doesn't have its own translation yet, but is a pretty
> close match for another piece of text that DOES have a translation.
>
> It's *very important* that you find and evaluate them, because the
> "fuzzy" matcher isn't too smart; "don't start a fire" and "go start a
> fire" would probably count as a fuzzy match even though they
> ultimately mean the opposite thing, for example. If the fuzzy matcher
> got lucky and it's a good match, manually remove the ", fuzzy" from
> the comment in the .po. If it was wrong, fix the translation and
> remove the ", fuzzy" from the comment in the .po.
>
> (I didn't find documentation for this back when I first started using
> it, so those are just my unofficial instructions derived through
> trial&error).
>
> >
>
I don't think strings marked as fuzzy are actually used for translations,
they are just kept around as references for the translators benefit.
Alex
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