Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-translation (86 mails)

["Carlos E. R." <robin.listas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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The Monday 2007-11-19 at 10:44 +0100, Karl Eichwalder wrote:

> "Carlos E. R." <> writes:
>
> > I would like to request developers to split it up in smaller files, too -
> > at least till we get kaider running one of these years.
> > Any chance? O:-)
>
> We discussed it earlier this year, and coolo wrote a script to
> accomplish such splitting.  IICR, the script is in 50-tools of the lcn
> tree.  We do not make use of it because we could not decide whether we
> want to split alphabetically or project-wise.  If we'd split per project
> (Gnome, KDE, the rest), they files would still be large.  Splitting
> would result in 20+ files...
>
> At the end of the day (= discussion), the translator opted to the big
> file as-is.

Ok.

> > #: /opt/kde3/share/applications/kde/kbabel.desktop
> > #: /usr/share/applications/kde4/kbabel.desktop
> > msgctxt "Name(kbabel.desktop)"
> > msgid "KBabel"
> > msgstr "KBabel"
> >
> >
> > It appears those entries are program names. Can we translate them? Should
> > we? Is it just a name, or is it used as a token elsewhere, and thus
> > translation can have consequences? Or do we write a description?
>
> This must be decided on a per team basis.  Every language is different.
> There are exceptions, as usual.  Do not translate official product
> name.  Maybe, KBabel would also rate as a product name...

I see.

But we lack info, background info...

Is there any documentation on this file? I don't see where it comes from 
or what it is used for: that would help us with our guesstimates.

For instance, this entry:

  #: /opt/kde3/share/services/amarok_void-engine_plugin.desktop
  msgctxt "Name(amarok_void-engine_plugin.desktop)"
  msgid "<no engine>"
  msgstr "<ningún motor>"

It was translated by the previous team. Should we assume that if msgctxt 
says "Name" it is the name of a program and should not be translated? But 
in this case, it doesn't seem a program name, rather an error message.

Another entry:

  #: /usr/share/applications/xrolodex.desktop
  msgctxt "GenericName(xrolodex.desktop)"
  msgid "A \"virtual business card\" manager"
  msgstr "Un gestor de \"tarjetas de visita virtuales\""

I assume if marked «msgctxt "GenericName...» then we can translate. Same 
for "Comment...":

  #: /opt/kde3/share/applications/kde/ktorrent.desktop
  msgctxt "Comment(ktorrent.desktop)"
  msgid "A BitTorrent program for KDE"
  msgstr "Un programa de BitTorrent para KDE"


It would help to know what each type is used for :-=


- -- 
Cheers,
       Carlos E. R.
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