[wp-polyglots] 2.3 Beta 1 & strings descriptions

[Nikolay Bachiyski]

2007/8/28, Xavier Borderie <xavier at borderie.net>:
> Hey there,
>
> > Thus you can both reorder the three strings and actually know what you
> > are reordering. Handy, isn't it?
>
> Might be, but in effect, that still seems incomprehensible in some
> parts. Here the two strings I found in the wp23b1 pot:
> %1$s%2$s%3$s|manage pages header
> %1$s%2$s%3$s%4$s%5$s|manage posts header

Yes, right, these should be changed. Any suggestions? In my previous
letter I made an attempt, but I still haven't filed a bug report.

>
> Even with the clarification, I don't really understand what this
> string produces, and actually put in my PO's comment field "To be
> checked within context". If we still have to check within a test
> installation how a string renders, then I'm afraid that the new
> clarification system is a bit useless.

The idea is to translate without checking every other string in the
source. In practice it isn't so easy. Usually for the developers it is
hard to think like translators. Any suggestions for descriptions are
welcome -- it would be best if you file a bug in trac.

>
> A priori, I'm all for Friedel Wolff's suggestion of using comments,
> which display just fine in poEdit. For now, the new system doesn't
> seem to improve my workflow - or maybe I missed something.

Now you also see the comments. When I was using poEdit the default
view didn't show this comments and I learned about their existence
months after I had started using the software.

>
> Also, these three new lines could use some explanation:
> number_format_decimals
> number_format_decimal_point
> number_format_thousands_sep
>
> While I can guess what these are for, they could use a comment/clarification.

Right. They need clarification.

>
>
> Finally, could this be a bug?
> <code>mt-export.txt</code> does not exist</code>

Seems like one. I filed a bug: http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4838

Happy translating,
Nikolay.