Re: [libreoffice-l10n] Translate: Knbn

On 3/01/2012, at 7:46 PM, Andras Timar wrote:

> Hi Donald,
>
> 2012/1/3 Donald Rogers <donr2648@clear.net.nz>:
> > On 3/01/2012, at 7:11 AM, Nguyễn Vũ Hưng wrote:
> >
> > > Hello all,
> > >
> > > Please anyone tell me how to translate "Knbn" in LO?
> > >
> > > It appears here:
> > > https://translations.documentfoundation.org/vi/libo35x_ui/sfx2/source/translate.html?unitstates=fuzzy,untranslated
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > I would be interested to read an expert's answer on what is going on here. Sometimes it seems 
> > that the msgstr is pre-filled with a lot of random junk. In this case:
> >
> > #-#-#-#-#  index.po (PACKAGE VERSION)  #-#-#-#-#\n
> > Tùy chọn\n
> > #-#-#-#-#  chrdlg.po (PACKAGE VERSION)  #-#-#-#-#\n
> > Tùy chọn\n
> > etc
> > etc
> >
> > I interpreted this sort of thing as rubbish, deleted it all, and replaced it with the 
> > translation of the word
> > "Options". I compared it with what has been done in the French translation, and that is what 
> > they have done too.
>
> It is not rubbish, it tells the translator in its imperfect way that
> the word "Options" was translated as "Tùy chọn" in index,po, as "Tùy
> chọn" chrdlg.po etc. Somewhere below there will be a different
> translation, this is why the pomigrate2 tool lists all occurrences.
> Translator can decide what the correct translation is, and replace the
> list with the correct translation.
>
> Best regards,
> Andras

Thanks, Andras. I hoped there was a logical explanation, but it never occurred to me that it was 
useful stuff.

Donald
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