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- To: Federico Bruni <fedelogy@xxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: Re: [translations] Re: .po program file and context
- From: Francisco Vila <paconet.org@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 08:06:11 +0100
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2010/12/20 Federico Bruni <fedelogy@xxxxxxxxx>:
> Well, there's a third way: checking other languages (like spanish) can
> help understanding what in english seems ambiguous. Of course, I must
> trust the translator.
>
> identifier names: %s
> nombres de identificador: %s
>
> now it's evident that names is the plural of name :)
Haha, it's now evident for you only because it was previously evident
for me! But I had to do the same reasoning you'll have to do again
anyway. I could have been wrong multiple times, so this is a repeated
trusting exercise for you.
Something one can do is to watch the program in action. Whatever the
input, this gives you a subset of all possible message-needing
situations. Be it in English or in a language, you can extract some
clues from there. I usually run lilypond in English by typing
LANG= lilypond file.ly
--
Francisco Vila. Badajoz (Spain)
www.paconet.org , www.csmbadajoz.com