Re: Challenges in translating GNOME recipes

[Hannie Dumoleyn <lafeber-dumoleyn2 zonnet nl>]

Hello Matthias,
In the sequence starting with 'no', e.g. no Almond, no Apple etc. I do 
not understand why they start with a lowercase letter followed by word 
in uppercase. Could you give me an example of how these messages are used?
Hannie

Op 08-12-16 om 21:39 schreef Matthias Clasen:
> (sorry for breaking the threading here, it turns out I wasn't actually
> subscribed to this list...)
>
> > I went through a part of your PO file - some thoughts:
> Thanks for doing that!
>
> > #: data/org.gnome.Recipes.desktop.in:6
> > msgid "org.gnome.Recipes"
> > msgstr ""
> >
> > Looks like the app id, should that be translatable at all? I don't think so.
> I believe gettext follows the letter of the desktop entry spec here,
> which (unfortunately) declares the Icon field to be a LocaleString.
>
> > #: src/gr-details-page.ui:33
> > msgid ""
> > "Ingredients\n"
> > " gathered"
> >
> > Provide a translator's comment for those - how much space is there
> > available on screen? How should the translator handle the line breaks if
> > there are more than 2 words? My translation would be something like
> > "Grìtheidean a chaidh a chuingeachadh" or "Grìtheidean air an
> > cuingeachadh", depending on context. Lose the \n and resolve it by
> > software if you can.
> Good point. But this entire part of the UI is still a very provisional.
>
> > #: src/gr-details-page.ui:278
> > msgid "Cooked 5 times"
> >
> > #: src/gr-edit-page.ui:105
> > msgid "Ser_ves"
> >
> > These are prime candidate for the ngettext + placeholder treatment -
> > unless "Ser_ves" is a header.
> Yes, Serves is a label. Maybe a bit too colloquial. "Servings" might
> be clearer and better.
>
> "Cooked %d times" is just a leftover. I have that fixed string in the
> .ui file while the code replaces it with the proper ngettext
> treatment.
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