[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #11270: Punctuation isn't properly internationalised

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#11270: Punctuation isn't properly internationalised
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 Reporter:  caesarsgrunt  |       Owner:  nbachiyski
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new       
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Unassigned
Component:  i18n          |     Version:  2.9       
 Severity:  normal        |    Keywords:            
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 Punctuation should be included in i18n strings, because it is often quite
 different in foreign languages.

 For example, there are several places where exclamation marks are not
 internationalised.[[BR]]
 However, languages such as Spanish also have an exclamation mark at the
 beginning of the question, whilst there may be languages which do not sue
 it at all.

 An example of this is in wp-admin/comment.php, where the following appears
 repeatedly :

 {{{
 sprintf(' <a href="%s">'.__('Go back').'</a>!', ...)
 }}}

 Correct alternatives are :

 {{{
 sprintf(' <a href="%s">'.__('Go back!').'</a>', ...)
 }}}

 Or, if you want to keep the punctuation out of the link :

 {{{
 sprintf(__('<a href="%s">Go back</a>!'), ...)
 }}}

 There are other similar i18n punctuation problems scattered throughout WP.

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