Re: [OT] Markup in messages redux

["Funda Wang" <fundawang linux net cn>]

On Wed, 01 Sep 2004 22:50:50 +0200, Christian Rose <menthos gnome org>  
wrote:

> I recently brought up the problems of surrounding markup on the Helix
> translator list
> (http://lists.helixcommunity.org/pipermail/player-l10n/2004-August/000032.html),
> where I learned that surrounding markup is important for asian
> languages.
> Is this the case? I'm no expert in rendering or asian scripts, so I
> wouldn't really know. Am I the only one feeling strongly about the
> claimed (mis)use of surrounding markup in translateable messages?
The problem with CJK character rendering should not be solved by the  
application programmers or translators. Even Pango has nothing to do with  
it. The problem should be solved by X libs, especially fontconfig and  
freetype.

So, there is no relationship between including markup in msgids and messy  
CJK characters. Personally, I would prefer the markups be removed from  
msgids, from the view of Chinese translator.