Re: Translation evaluation of the modules proposed for 2.10

[Damon Chaplin <damon karuna uklinux net>]

On Mon, 2005-01-10 at 09:39, Åsmund Skjæveland wrote:
> Damon Chaplin wrote:
> > On Fri, 2005-01-07 at 15:46, Christian Rose wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >>libgnomesu
> >>==========
> >>[...] Unfortunately, libgnomesu
> >>uses Glade, which brings wellknown translation problems with Glade into
> >>the equation, but it's not worse than any other Glade-using module
> >>currently in the desktop. In my opinion, this module is safe to include,
> >>at least from a translateable message perspective.
> > 
> > 
> > The only translation problem left with Glade is the markup problem,
> > isn't it? e.g. translators don't like handling the markup in "<b>this is
> > bold</b>".
> 
> And translator comments. Their absence can be a major pain when 
> translating short ambiguous strings like "View", "File", etc.

Support for translator comments is in Glade 2.6.7.
You can also turn off translation for particular strings, and specify if
strings have a context prefix.

Damon