Re: proper names

2008-05-19 Thread Eric Blake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 According to Bruno Haible on 5/18/2008 5:40 AM: | Thanks for the remarks. I added comments and make the XGETTEXT_OPTIONS variable | augmentation automatic. Based on my m4 discoveries, I think this patch needs some modifications: | + Notice: | + If y

Re: proper names

2008-05-18 Thread Bruno Haible
On 2006-09-07, I replied to Paul Eggert: > > Second, this code does not look right: > > > > > /* See whether the translation contains the original name. */ > > > if (strstr (translation, name) != NULL) > > > > Some translations might contain the name accidentally. > > As an extreme c

Re: Re: proper names

2008-05-18 Thread Bruno Haible
Ben Pfaff wrote on 2006-09-06, about the proposed 'propername' module: > I like the module. But I think that the background and usage > that you included in your message should be checked in also, so > that it's clear. I would not, for example, immediately think to > update the XGETTEXT_OPTIONS v

Re: proper names

2006-09-07 Thread Paul Eggert
Bruno Haible <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It's a similar problem with "soupçon" or "©" as for proper names, but the > output and the handling is different. > - For a string like "He showed a soupçon of pride" you want to rely > entirely on the translator and drop the English original if a >

Re: proper names

2006-09-07 Thread Bruno Haible
Paul Eggert wrote: > First, the problem occurs not only with proper names, but with any > text string that is English but not ASCII. English mostly uses plain > ASCII, but there are exceptions. Many of the exceptions are words > like naïve that most people will accept in ASCII versions, but some

Re: proper names

2006-09-06 Thread Paul Eggert
Nice idea. A couple of thoughts that I hope can help improve it. First, the problem occurs not only with proper names, but with any text string that is English but not ASCII. English mostly uses plain ASCII, but there are exceptions. Many of the exceptions are words like naïve that most people

Re: proper names

2006-09-06 Thread Ben Pfaff
Bruno Haible <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > OK to add this module to gnulib? I like the module. But I think that the background and usage that you included in your message should be checked in also, so that it's clear. I would not, for example, immediately think to update the XGETTEXT_OPTIONS va

Re: proper names

2006-09-06 Thread Eric Blake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 According to Bruno Haible on 9/6/2006 6:38 AM: > Hi all, > > > $ ptx --version| grep Pinard > Écrit par F. Pinard. This one is a translation bug. coreutils source already has a TRANSLATORS note before _("F. Pinard") stating that the translator