Op Woensdag 2007-12-19 skryf Andre Klapper: > hi friedel, Hi Andre
... > > msgid "hour" > > msgstr "" > > > > and similar ones for minutes and seconds > > ...but where's the question? :-) > the bug i see is that the entire seconds_to_full_string() function here > does not use ngettext but improper "min > 1" comparisons, so this cannot > be properly translated to a lot of languages (at least czech, hungarian, > arabian come to my mind, someone may correct me). please DO file a bug > report at bugzilla.gnome.org against gnome-media and add the keyword > "L10N", point the developer to > http://live.gnome.org/TranslationProject/DevGuidelines/Plurals > Yes, I was referring to gettext plurals which it didn't seem to be using. I'm just surprised that this hasn't come up before :-) Done: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_activity.cgi?id=504419 > > Then there are several items that look like stock GTK strings: > > _Help, Question, Save _As..., _Open..., Options, etc > > that's a bug, cf http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=318713 . you > may point the developer to that report for an example how to fix. Done: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_activity.cgi?id=504420 > > Then there are some developer comments (#.) like these: > > #. FIXME > > #. hbox = gtk_hbox_new (FALSE, PADDING); ... > that's not a bug, it just means that there is a developer comment in a > line in front of the respective translatable string, see > http://live.gnome.org/TranslationProject/DevGuidelines/Use_comments > Yes, but I was just wondering if we are so strict in calling such comments bugs - I don't want to see them while translating :-) Is there a policy to encourage using keywords in developer comments (something like l10n-hint or similar)? Done: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_activity.cgi?id=504422 > > which I would like to call a bug in the POT file, but don't perhaps that > > is a bit harsh on the developers, so first asking here. > > pah! in my humble opinion, the translators are way too friendly about > all these strange, broken, untranslatable strings out there[1]. yes, > please complain. > > andre > > [1] > http://blogs.gnome.org/aklapper/2007/07/25/220s-internationalization-guadec-results/ Ja, perhaps. But I also don't want to unnecessarily fuzzy strings or complain unnecessarily if it sours relationships with developers. I'm a developer myself and try to hold a high standard for my POT file, but I guess some people don't care as much :-/ Keep well Friedel _______________________________________________ gnome-i18n mailing list gnome-i18n@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-i18n
