[wp-polyglots] 2.3 Beta 1 & strings descriptions

[Nikolay Bachiyski]

Hello fellow translators,

As you may all know, Beta 1 is now out [0]. You can find its pot at
the usual place [1].

I want also to give you some information about a new feature of our
i18n system. Sometimes there are strings, which are completely
incomprehensible for translators or are used several times in
different contexts.

Here is an example of an incomprehensible string:
%1$s%2$s%3$s
You just don't know what the hell it means. The new approach is to
append a vertical bar and string clarification after the string, so
don't be surprised if you see a string like:
%1$s%2$s%3$s|1: Pages, 2: by %s, 3: matching %s
Thus you can both reorder the three strings and actually know what you
are reordering. Handy, isn't it?

Now, let's see the different contexts case:
»
Very common string, which is usually used as a button hint. However in
this case, it is used as a list bullet and, especially regarding
right-to-left languages, might need different treatment. The current
string for that now is:
»|Used as a list bullet

Don't be afraid! If you translate the description by mistake it will
be safely stripped out, so be brave.

I am sorry I didn't explain that before, but still this practice isn't
adopted widely in the source, so there are only a few such strings. If
you find strings, whose meaning isn't clear enough or need
disambiguation just drop a note here.

Happy translating,
Nikolay.

[0] http://wordpress.org/development/2007/08/23-beta-1/
[1] http://svn.automattic.com/wordpress-i18n/pot/tags/2.3-beta1/wordpress.pot