Re: New translatable string unclear

["Jean-Luc Coulon (f5ibh)" <jean luc coulon gmail com>]

Le 21.12.2005 14:44:47, Peter Bloomfield a écrit :
> On 12/21/2005 07:41:11 AM, Mişu Moldovan wrote:
> > În data de Mi, 21 dec 05 la 14:28, Peter Bloomfield a scris:
> > > On 12/21/2005 03:43:27 AM, Mişu Moldovan wrote:
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> > > > #: ../src/sendmsg-window.c:4500
> > > > #, c-format
> > > > msgid "Could not load %s header file %s: %s"
> > > >
> > > > I guess it refers to face/x-face header files and the user would  
> > > > see
> > > > something like: "Could not load X-Face header file myface.png:
> > > > Permission denied". Can someone confirm or infirm this?
> > >
> > > Confirmed.  Would putting the strings in quotes make it clearer?
> > >
> > > msgid "Could not load \"%s\" header file \"%s\": %s"
> > >
> > > Peter
> >
> > Quotes would help a bit but I think that the first %s is not really  
> > necessary. I would rather replace the problematic string with the  
> > following two (related) strings:
> >
> > msgid "Could not load X-Face header file %s: %s"
> > msgid "Could not load Face header file %s: %s"
>
> But X-Face and Face are names of message headers, so should they be  
> translated?  If not, how can we mark them as such?

I think they shouldnt be translated. Translation would lead to  
confusion (in some languages).
Maybe you should add a comment?
## Tranlators, please don"t tranlate Face/X-Face    :)


> Best,
>
> Peter


Regards

Jean-Luc

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