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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: AW: patch for abbrowser (2nd request)
From:       Waldo Bastian <bastian () kde ! org>
Date:       2001-02-27 22:35:19
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On Tuesday 27 February 2001 14:09, Ferdinand Gassauer wrote:
> QString sTitle[] = {
>       i18n( "Doctor" ), i18n( "Dr." ), i18n( "Dr" ), i18n( "Miss" ),
>       i18n ( "Mr." ), i18n( "Mr" ), i18n( "Mrs." ), i18n( "Mrs" ),
>       i18n( "Ms." ), i18n( "Ms" ), i18n( "Professor" ), i18n( "Prof." ),
>
> As far as I understood all titles have to be given in english.
> What if no english title exists (or it sounds realy strange)  ?
> I didn't say that there are names in the code. I said that titles are part
> of the name and should not (necessarily) be translated but only extracted
> and stored in the title field.

Well yes, but it would be easier if it was stored like:

i18n("Doctor:Dr.:Dr:Miss:Mr.:Mr:Mrs.:Mrs:Ms.:Ms:Professor:Prof.");

because then it can be translated to

"Dokter:Dr.:Dr:Mevrouw:Mevr.:Mevr:Mijnheer:Mhr.:Mhr:Professor:Prof.:Prof"

because in dutch no distinction is made between Ms. and Mrs. and I can image 
that in other language there might be even more distinctive titles.

So translating it 1:1 doesn't make much sense IMO.

Cheers,
Waldo
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