Re: Should translators change source strings?

[Clytie Siddall <clytie riverland net au>]

On 09/08/2005, at 4:12 PM, Adam Weinberger wrote:
> > >
> > This would save a lot of time, but how does it work with gettext?  
> > I  thought changing _anything_ in a source string would make  
> > the .mo  file fail on reintegration.
>
> Not "source string" as in
>
> # src/foo.c, 135
> msgstr "pants"
>
>
> I'm talking about editing a source string as in
>
> vi src/foo.c +135
> {
>     printf("_(pants)");
> }

Ah. This immediately eliminates a _lot_ of translators who aren't  
comfortable editing program source. Again, we'd probably have to  
nominate some key people (who were willing to do it) to make changes  
based on general translator community input.

from Clytie (vi-VN, Vietnamese free-software translation team / nhÃm  
Viát hÃa phán mám tá do)
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