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List:       kde-i18n-doc
Subject:    Re: how to translate kdeplasma-addons/libconversion.po?
From:       Karl Ove Hufthammer <karl () huftis ! org>
Date:       2009-04-16 17:56:35
Message-ID: 200904161956.35870.karl () huftis ! org
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Onsdag 15. april 2009 skreiv Chusslove Illich:
>>> [: Albert Astals Cid :]
>>> I would never suggest [msgid "square feet; ft²; square ft; sq foot; sq
>>> ft; sq feet; feet²"], no offense, but some translator always end up
>>> making the translation wrong and the program crashes or behaves weird and
>>> noone can reproduce it unless you use language XYZ.
>>
>> [: Frederik Schwarzer :]
>> Yes, you are right. That's too fragile.
>
>Hmpf... I personally think this is exactly what we should do, with a context
>to explain the situation. If then some translator gets it wrong, so what;
>this is not translation for dummies game. (There won't be any crashing for
>sure, only the converter won't recognize misparsed units.)

FWIW, I very much agree.

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Karl Ove Hufthammer
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