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List:       kde-i18n-doc
Subject:    Re: [Idea] Translation manager
From:       Nicolas Goutte <nicolasg () snafu ! de>
Date:       2004-09-08 7:23:28
Message-ID: 200409080923.28242.nicolasg () snafu ! de
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On Wednesday 08 September 2004 09:15, Krzysztof Lichota wrote:
> Nicolas Goutte wrote:
> > On Tuesday 07 September 2004 23:59, Krzysztof Lichota wrote:
> >>BTW. I think the best way to fix typos/style in English messages would
> >>be to make make such fixes in PO files for en_US/en_GB not fixing the
> >
> > Yes, but that means going back to use KDE_LANG=C
> > And as far as I know they were reason to go away from it, even if I have
> > never really understood why. (Anyway it cannot be done before KDE4.)
>
> I think it is rather going *away* from using KDE_LANG=C. As far as I
> understand KDE_LANG=C means that *.mo files are not used and messages
> from source code are used intact.

But we currently do not have "C" anymore as available locale. So you cannot do 
a en_US translation... So first you must get "C" back in KDE, then only you 
could make an en_US translations.

> I suggest we should use KDE_LANG=en_GB for English (British) and put
> appropriate fixes in $KDEDIR/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/*.mo files.
> Of course this works only if English users have proper locale set (like
> "en_GB", "en_US"), not "C".

Have a nice day!

>
> Kind regards
>
> 	Krzysztof Lichota

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