Re: [libreoffice-l10n] Incorrectly translated string in many languages

In data martedì 14 luglio 2020 18:18:07 CEST, Valter Mura ha scritto:
> In data mercoledì 8 luglio 2020 20:57:44 CEST, Mihkel Tõnnov ha scritto:
> > Hi *,
> >
> > There's a problematic string in LibO UI cui/messages.po which for many
> > languages has been impossible to properly localize:
> > "Need to insert the date in a spreadsheet cell? Type %MOD1+; or
> > Shift+%MOD1+; to insert the time."
> >
> > Many European keyboard layouts don't have a dedicated semicolon key
> > (Shift+comma is used instead), so only one of these shortcuts works (the
> > one for time).
> >
> > For a handful of languages, there has been an exception added to the code
> > to use %MOD1+comma and Shift+%MOD1+comma instead:
> > Finnish (fi) - translations still refers to semicolon
> > Portuguese in Europe (pt) - translation completely omits the second/third
> > key in the shortcut
> > Portuguese in Brasil (pt-BR) - translations still refers to semicolon
> > Russian (ru) - translations still refers to semicolon
> > Spanish (es) (not translated)
> >
> > Starting from LibreOffice 7.0, the same exception is added for a number of
> > additional languages [1]:
> > Albanian (sq)
> > Bosnian (bs)
> > Croatian (hr)
> > Danish (da)
> > Dutch in the Netherlands (nl-NL)
> > German (de)
> > Estonian (et)
> > Faroese (fo)
> > Icelandic (is)
> > Italian (it)
> > Norwegian Bokmål (nb)
> > Norwegian Nynorsk (nn) - also translation probably should say "Tast «%MOD1
> > + ,» eller «Shift + %MOD1 + ,»" not "Skriv" ;)
> > Romanian (ro)
> > Serbian (sr)
> > Slovenian (sl)
> > Swedish (sv)
> > Turkish (tr) - also typo in existing translation of "%MOD1"
> >
> > Members of these language teams should test (using the daily builds) if
> > the
> > shortcut works on a system that uses their language for UI [2].
> > If it does, their translation of the above string should refer to comma
> > key, not semicolon key.
> > And if it doesn't work, let me know (along with details about your OS
> > locale and keyboard and LibO locale/UI language).
> >
> > Also, I suspect we will need to add exceptions for more languages still.
> > So, if your language is not mentioned above, and your keyboard doesn't
> > have
> > a separate semicolon key either, then please let me know. I think the
> > European "smaller" languages are probable candidates here (Lower/Upper
> > Sorbian, Frisian, Friulian, Galician, Venetian, etc.)
> >
> > [1] See https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/core/+/94305
> > [2] The exception is unfortunately dependent on UI language, not actual
> > keyboard layout or even locale - see
> > https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=134470
>
> Hi,
>
> Italian keyboard layout contains only a "comma" key which can be switched to
> semicolon pressing "Shift+,".
>
> I'll check tomorrow the combination and let you know.

BTW, checks done and the shortcuts doesn't work for Italian. We use the key ',' and Shift+, 
for ';' 

Of course %MOD1 is for Alt, isn't it?

Ciao
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