Re: [Evolution] mail i18n issues

[Jeffrey Stedfast <fejj stampede org>]

[comments below]

On Wed, 19 Apr 2000, Dan Winship wrote:
> Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 12:15:19 -0400
> To: Jamie Zawinski <jwz jwz org>
> From: Dan Winship <danw helixcode com>
> Subject: Re: [Evolution] mail i18n issues 
>
> > >         In-Reply-To: Your message of DATE <MSGID>
> > >
> > >         On DATE, PERSON wrote:
> >
> > These should be localized strings.
>
> Well, you want them to be in a language that the recipient will be
> able to read. That may not include your primary language.
>
> If we could localize them, but pick the translation to use based on
> the language of the message being replied to, that would be great
> (unless we were replying in a different language of course). But if
> someone who normally hacks in Swahili replies to this message, we
> don't want "On April 19, Dan Winship wrote:" to appear in Swahili at
> the top of the reply.

One problem with doing that that I see off the bat, first - what if I reply
and maybe add some new recipients (to CC or BCC perhaps?) or even a
Reply-To-All

Making the "On DATE, PERSON wrote:" string in a language that none of the
other recipients know might be a bad thing, I think leaving it in English
is the best way to go. English is pretty common and I believe most people
understand it, if not then it's only "On", the date, and "wrote" that are
unreadable anyway.

Am I reading this thread correctly? or am I way off? If I'm way off just
ignore me :-)

Jeff

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