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List:       kde-i18n-doc
Subject:    Re: [typo] cantor.po
From:       Vít Pelčák <vit () pelcak ! org>
Date:       2012-07-12 8:45:42
Message-ID: CACq8bh75noJiwaL3O2=-18B+STxoZwDnLbEd33PsY0qDOzed7Q () mail ! gmail ! com
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Well, Maris, you miss one thing, too.

This is not only about translation.

Fact, that for other languages a/an doesn't matter shouldn't make you
forget, that it does matter for those, who use English. They will see
that error, too.

2012/7/12 Laszlo Papp <lpapp@kde.org>:
> I know. We discussed this with Albert yesterday ...
>
> Best Regards,
> Laszlo Papp
>
> On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 9:18 AM, Māris Nartišs <maris.kde@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello,
>> You are missing the point - even just a single letter spelling fix
>> will make string fuzzy in all existing translations. Translator teams
>> might not notice it or have time to check for this new fuzzy message
>> before release and thus release might have one more untranslated
>> string in a perfectly translated application. "an" -> "a" isn't a case
>> where it might cause totally wrong translation and thus be better to
>> have untranslated than wrongly translated string.
>>
>> Just FYI :)
>> Maris.
>>
>> PS. Formation of volcanic chains is a slow process and usually takes
>> thousands if not millions of years and thus have nothing common with
>> chain reaction You witnessed in this ML ;)
>>
>> 2012/7/12 Laszlo Papp <lpapp@kde.org>:
>>> On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 10:23 PM, Nicolás Alvarez
>>> <nicolas.alvarez@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> We're in message freeze. You need to get the i18n language teams to agree
>>>> *before* you push string changes.
>>>
>>> Wow! Such a super simple change can cause volcanic chain... I would
>>> understand, if the meaning of a word is changed, or anything gets
>>> rephrased, but this is just "an" -> "a" change where the translations
>>> should remain the same anyway.
>>>
>>> At any rate, I am sorry for not guessing this. I sincerely apologize.
>>>
>>> Best Regards,
>>> Laszlo Papp



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