Re: [libreoffice-l10n] The new "Format $1..." / "Delete $1..." commands in 3.5

[Mihkel Tõnnov <mihhkel@gmail.com>]

2011/11/19 Andras Timar <timar74@gmail.com>

> Hi Mihkel,
>
> 2011/11/19 Mihkel Tõnnov <mihhkel@gmail.com>:
> > Hi *,
> > The 3.5 branch introduced new strings to format and delete header/footer
> > ("Format $1..." and "Delete $1..." -- _XDs and wAFn, respectively), but
> > these are coded in a way that the end result looks weird/wrong for
> > languages which don't use Title Case as much as English ($1 is pulled
> from
> > separate strings where they start with a capital letter).
> >
> > Since the string freeze is not yet in effect, it would be nice if these
> > strings were split into four distinct strings: "Format Header...",
> "Format
> > Footer...", "Delete Header...", "Delete Footer...".
> >
>
> In general you are right, but in this particular case you can
> translate STR_HEADER and STR_FOOTER from sw/source/ui/docvw/docvw.src
> with lower case, if it is required for your language, because they are
> only used to construct this popup menu.
>

OK, didn't know that -- thanks! I can live with that for Estonian, although
there probably are languages where "Header" (or "Footer") is inflected
differently with "Format" and "Delete", or where it would be natural to use
different word order for them. So I really think constructing phrases this
way should be avoided if possible.

Regards,
Mihkel

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