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List:       kde-i18n-doc
Subject:    Re: gcompris_qt.po currency messages
From:       Steve Allewell <steve.allewell () gmail ! com>
Date:       2020-04-12 10:44:12
Message-ID: 315f0708-cebf-0252-7964-af919ed1cfab () gmail ! com
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Hi Timothée, Johnny

Thanks for the detailed response, the explanation makes sense and I'm
happy to leave it as units/cents.

Best regards


Steve


On 11/04/2020 22:18, Timothée Giet wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Regarding the "money" activities in GCompris, they are indeed a bit
> tricky to internationalize.
> 
> There are several issues if we want to adapt to real-world currencies.
> -The biggest issue is that the various values of coins and notes
> available in each currency can be very different, making the activity
> not adapted for any currency without big code change and extra images.
> -The current images are derivatives based on euro style.
> -The amounts given for the items price is random, and far from
> real-world prices.
> 
> I had the occasion to discuss about this with Bruno (who originally
> created those activities) in the past, and he told me that it was
> actually intended to use a "fake" currency (named Tux-coins or something
> like that), in order to avoid all those issues.
> 
> So, unless we manage to make the code really adapted to any currency, it
> might be better to stick to "unit".
> 
> Cheers,
> Timothée
> 
> 
> Le 11/04/2020 à 22:38, Johnny Jazeix a écrit  :
>> Hi Steve,
>>
>> Just some background on GCompris generally: we just merged a new
>> branch into master that contains a lot of new strings as some of you
>> may have noticed. The new strings are part of a feature we call
>> multiple dataset.
>> The aim is for each activity to have subsets of levels with a specific
>> objective (so it will be easier for children/teachers to target some
>> objectives).
>>
>> Regarding your question, the activities are:
>> * to compute the price of a set of objects
>> * to compute the change given a price and how much we give money.
>> On the screen, we display a set of objects with a price (we display
>> the currency regarding the locale the application is:
>> https://gcompris.net/screenshots_qt/small/money_back.png).
>>
>> So yes, it can make sense to use dollars/cents with a translator
>> comment to be sure it's translated and coherent with the currency sign
>> we display  in the application.
>>
>> Waiting on other inputs to be sure it's the good way to go.
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Johnny
>>
>> Le sam. 11 avr. 2020 Ã  20:46, Steve Allewell
>> <steve.allewell@gmail.com> a écrit :
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> I came across a number of translation messages in gcompris similar to
>>> "Learn how to calculate change when amount paid is up to 100 units", some also
>>> refer to units and cents.
>>>
>>> On the assumption this is currency, would it not be better that units defaults
>>> to US Dollars which would then be translatable to the local currency, e.g. Pounds
>>> and pence in my case.
>>>
>>> Consequently the string above, and others like it, would be similar to
>>> "Learn how to calculate change when amount paid is up to 100 Dollars"
>>>
>>> There are about 13 similar strings I think.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>>
>>> Steve
> 
> 
> 

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