Re: fuzzy strings

[Lucas Vieites <lucas asixinformatica com>]

El vie, 08-07-2005 a las 13:04 +0300, Yair Hershkovitz escribió:
> hi
> 
> 
> what are fuzzy strings and what makes them fuzzy?
> 

  A string is marked fuzzy when there is a similar translation in the
catalog. (Sometimes it's not similar at all, I guess that's gettext's
fault)

> i have alot of regression in translations due to strings that went fuzzy
> 
  That happens sometimes when the programmers change the string very
slightly, maybe add or remove a space, a point or a comma. The
translated string is no longer exactly the same as the original pair in
the previous catalog, so it gets marked as fuzzy.


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