Hi Mihail,
Le 17/01/2025 à 12:57, Mihail Balabanov a écrit :
Hello,
I apologize for not knowing whom to address this to, so I'm posting it here.
I also support your request, this is not the first time we have it and I
think, if I remember well, Martin already opened the discussion on
Bugzilla.
I'll forward your mail on the dev list, because I think very few
developers are reading here.
Recently, I've noticed an increase in new strings using placeholders like
%1 to construct sentences. This approach is quite unfriendly to
localization. For example, we have strings like:
Edit %1 [1]
Update %1
Delete %1
While this may seem like a clever way to save work, it actually poses
several issues for translators:
- It is often impossible to translate the containing phrase correctly
without knowing what exactly %x stands for. For example, the outer phrase
may need to agree in number, gender, or other grammatical attributes with
all possible fill-in phrases.
- In many languages, the fill-in phrases themselves must also be translated
in a certain way to fit in. In languages with cases, the %1 above should be
in the appropriate case. In languages that do not use English
capitalization, the fill-in phrases should begin with a lowercase letter,
etc.
Constructing phrases using placeholders should be avoided if possible. When
it is absolutely necessary, the container phrase should be provided
together with the possible fill-in phrases, or at least there should be a
comment directing the translator to their location. The fill-in phrases
should also be labeled as such and not used for anything else.
[1]
https://translations.documentfoundation.org/translate/libo_ui-25-2/swmessages/bg/?checksum=cd786056e4c248be
Cheers,
Mihail
Cheers
Sophie
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