Re: [libreoffice-l10n] gettext and translations

Big +1 for what Martin and Mikhel have said about matching existing 
translations and not losing the ability to translate to different 
targets depending on the context.

If there is going to be wholesale re-organisation as to how the strings 
are presented for translation, two other considerations also spring to 
mind which I didn't see on the list:
1) Plurals? I think LO still doesn't do plurals properly (but I may be 
confusing projects here, apologies if it does). This would also tie in 
with the 1 source string » multiple target strings issue.
2) Turning en-US into a to-be-translated locale and making the source 
strings just en or some fake locale? That way, en-US can change case, 
correct en-US typos and other such stuff which is English specific to 
its heart's content without hitting all the other locales at the same time.

Michael


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