[OT] Markup in messages redux

[Christian Rose <menthos gnome org>]

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?


Christian