Re: [libreoffice-l10n] Question about odd use of msgctxt

[F Wolff <friedel@translate.org.za>]

Op Wo, 2012-07-11 om 11:01 -0400 skryf Chris Leonard:
> On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 2:37 AM, Rimas Kudelis <rq@akl.lt> wrote:
> 
> > I believe there have been thoughts about migrating to gettext properly, but
> > considering the amount of work it would take and the impact, no wonder it
> > hasn't happened (or perhaps even started) yet.
> >
> > Rimas
> 
> Thanks for the answer Rimas.  I do understand the challenges of
> working solely in gettext with a project as large and diverse as
> LibreOffice.
> 
> It is nonetheless unfortunate that it is necessary to hack the msgctxt
> comment to achieve your L10n.  Not so much for the extra burden it
> places on localizers, which can largely be mitigated by working in
> Virtaal with it's translation memory (for instance); but for it's
> impact on other string comparison tools like Translate Toolkit.

Sounds good, except that using msgctxt like this for OOo/LibO
localisation was invented by us in the Translate Toolkit :-)

When running oo2po, you can specify if you want to use msgctxt like
this, or to merge in the traditional gettext way:
http://translate.sourceforge.net/wiki/toolkit/duplicates_duplicatestyle

The idea is to make it possible to translate things differently if
needed. If things are merged, it is not possible, while the code base
supports it.

> I came across this during a process of doing cross-project consistency
> checks for conflicting translations.  I'm a scientist by training and
> data pipelining quality checks is just one of those things I feel
> compelled to do. I realized that one of my usual tricks was less
> effective than it usually is, however, it still yields some useful
> results.

This sounds similar to what poconflicts do, or did I misread it? I think
poconflicts should ignore the msgctxt as you want, but maybe I'm
misundererstanding what you are trying to do.

Friedel

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