From kde-i18n-doc  Sun Nov 25 17:01:31 2001
From: Stephan Kulow <coolo () kde ! org>
Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 17:01:31 +0000
To: kde-i18n-doc
Subject: Re: Inserting comments in translated strings
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On Sunday, 25. November 2001 15:45, Gaute Hvoslef Kvalnes wrote:
> Sundag 25. november 2001 15:33 skreiv Lars K. Schunk:
> > Hi
> >
> > Is it possible for translators to insert comments into a translated
> > string, e.g. like "_: Comment\n" ?
>
> Yes, but not inside the message string. The comment is inserted on a line
> by itself, prefixed with a #
>
> # Comments on the translation
> #: main.cpp:30
> msgid "Hello"
> msgstr "Hallo"
>
> In KBabel, there is a comment field (upper right) where you can insert such
> comments. (Leave the technical comments like '#: main.cpp:30' or '#,
> cformat' alone, and create new lines.)

You have to try, but I think the merge process removes such comments and 
places the comment in the pot file in there.

Greetings, Stephan