Re: [libreoffice-l10n] Capturing and sharing translator feedback using x-comment language

On 2011-03-02 09:45, Andras Timar wrote:
> 2011/3/2 Dwayne Bailey<dwayne@translate.org.za>:
> > I few years ago I worked on some changes to oo2po that allowed the
> > 'x-comment' language to be extracted to translator comments.  Similarly the
> > 'translations' of x-comment could be pushed back into the source.
> >
> > This puts translator comments in the hands of people who understand what
> > needs commenting.  Comments would be useful in place where:
> >
> >   1. Variables are not clearly defined
> >   2. Blank entries
> >   3. Verb/noun disambiguation
> >
> > I haven't used the x-comment feature since I wrote it.  But I assume it will
> > still work.
> >
> > It works quite simply.  The 'translations' are placed in x-comment entries.
> >   When running oo2po the 'x-comments' are placed in the PO files translator
> > comments section.
> >
> > Then on Pootle any translator can make a suggestion to the x-comment
> > language, an English review team would go through those comments, make fixes
> > in the source string or accept the comment.  Each release would need to be
> > 'translated' by the team to review any new texts.
> Hi Dwayne,
>
> This sound very interesting. How can you extract x-comments that it is
> not present in the SDF template? Can you please give us the commands
> to use?
This is the bit that is outside of my expertise.  How is the EN/DE .sdf 
created in the first place.  From my understanding it would then be a 
matter of adding x-comment.

--
Dwayne

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