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List:       kde-i18n-doc
Subject:    Re: duplicate message defination in kdelibs4.po
From:       Thomas Reitelbach <tr () erdfunkstelle ! de>
Date:       2007-08-31 10:21:43
Message-ID: 200708311221.43662.tr () erdfunkstelle ! de
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Am Freitag, 31. August 2007 11:53:20 schrieb Frederik Schwarzer:
> uden sherpa wrote:
> >     kdelibs4.po:2446: duplicate message definition...
> >     kdelibs4.po:2399: ...this is the location of the first definition
> >     kdelibs4.po:2542: duplicate message definition...
> >     kdelibs4.po:2495: ...this is the location of the first definition

> Sometimes there are very similar messages that only differ in some casing.
> Sometimes that's a typo and sombody will have to fix it in the code but
> most of the time it is two different strings for two different occasions.
> E.g.
> "Really Delete?" for the titlebar of the dialog and
> "Really delete?" for the text inside the dialog.
>
> If that's the case you have to translate it twice. In doubt please post the
> original messages to the list.

This is not the case here. He has a PO-file, where the _source_ message is 
duplicate.

> Completely identical messages should be merged by msgmerge when creating
> the pot files. Is it known to fail sometimes?

Not on the KDE-side. But some tools may create such failures. Either someone 
uses a defective script for some reason, or the translation tools breaks the 
PO file (some tools seem to be unable to handle the new msgctxt feature).

Cheers
Thomas
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