Re: [libreoffice-l10n] XOR formula

2013/1/12 Eike Rathke <erack@redhat.com>

> Hi Sérgio,
>
> On Thursday, 2013-01-10 17:03:14 +0000, Sérgio Marques wrote:
>
> > In *sc/source/ui/src.po *
> >
> > Context: scfuncs.src RID_SC_FUNCTION_DESCRIPTIONS1.SC_OPCODE_XOR 1
> > string.text
> > *
> > *
> > The string is: *Returns TRUE if an odd number of arguments evaluates to
> > TRUE.*
> >
> > Is this correct?
>
> Yes.
>
> > Isn´t this related to XOR formula?
>
> Yes, it is.
>
> > ODF formula states XOR as: *Compute a logical XOR of all parameters.*
> > *
> > *
> > If its meant to be this way then the string should be:* *
> >
> > *Returns TRUE if an odd number of arguments evaluates to TRUE and FALSE
> if
> > an even number of arguments evaluates to TRUE.*
>
> Well, that's the implication of the current description worded with
> a longer sentence ;-)  If it doesn't return TRUE then it returns FALSE
> for the negated condition mentioned for TRUE.
>
> Note that also for AND and OR we don't describe the negated condition
> that returns FALSE.
>
> As these description are for the Function Wizard we need to be a bit
> concise regarding string length and available space in the dialog and
> try to use short descriptions. Some translations of long strings may get
> even longer in their native language, so from the English string we
> can't be sure that it really would fit.


Ok. Thanks for the explanation.

Regards

-- 
Sérgio Marques

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