"pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflor...@pelzflorian.de> skribis:
> On Sun, Jul 14, 2019 at 04:12:41PM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
>> Note that “lego translation” is what we should _not_ do because it gives
>> translators fragments of sentences, which does not allow them to
>> correctly translate text.
>>
>
> Format strings are something we can try. If they are too fragmented
> for translators, we can still use a custom tool to convert them and
> their fragments to a single string which gets passed to gettext.
Yes.
Another option would be to locally use XML in strings, along these
lines:
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
(use-modules (sxml simple)
(ice-9 match))
(define (X_ str)
(match (xml->sxml (string-append "<BODY>"
(gettext str)
"</BODY>"))
(('*TOP* ('BODY . lst)) lst)))
`(div
,@(X_ "This is <a href=\"/foo\">a link</a>."))
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
That would allow us to remain string-oriented while still enjoying the
benefits of SXML (info "(guile) Types and the Web").
Maybe we’ll need a combination of format strings and stuff like that.
Thanks,
Ludo’.
