Re: [libreoffice-l10n] compound strings

Hi Mihkel,

2012/1/2 Mihkel Tõnnov <mihhkel@gmail.com>:

> We have "Delete $1" and "Format $1" where $1 can be "Header" or
> > "Footer". Those are STR_HEADER and STR_FOOTER from
> > sw/source/ui/docvw/docvw.src and are not used anywhere else, so you
> > can translate them as you need to fit into the "Delete $1" context. I
> > hope the translation for "Header" or "Footer" is not different
> > depending on if you delete it or if format it.
>
> I wouldn't be so sure. In Estonian, "Delete header/footer" is "Kustuta
> päis/jalus", but "Format header/footer" could be "Vorminda päis/jalus" or
> "Vorminda päist/jalust" depending on entirety vs. partialness [1]. These
> words just so happen to both take only 't' at the end in partitive form, so
> "Vorminda $1t" would work, but there may be languages where the words
> change differently.

Thanks for this great example. Now we have the proof that it can cause
problem. I'll kill this composition from master, too. Please report,
if you find more.

Best regards,
Andras

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