Re: [Fwd: [Bug 566454] Literal values should be kept between double quotes]

[Marcel Telka <marcel telka sk>]

On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 07:09:46PM -0200, Leonardo F. Fontenelle wrote:
> Words between double quotes are usually literal values, but if it's not

Unfortunatelly, this is not obvious from the po file itself :-(.

> clear enough already, comments shouldn't hurt. (Richard Hult, please do
> it; my right forearm hurts and I'm typing just with the other hand.)
> 
> We've discussed the %s here, weeks or months ago. Keeping the literal
> values helps the translator choosing gender and other inflexion in the

Ok. In that case the comment is needed.

> remaining translation, and allows the translation to have explanations
> like: "Os valores válidos são \"none\" (nenhum), \"top\" (topo)..."

The translation in parenthesis is a good idea :-).


Thanks.

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