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Re: [Bug-gnulib] 4-gary-version-etc-full-author-string.patch
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Paul Eggert |
Subject: |
Re: [Bug-gnulib] 4-gary-version-etc-full-author-string.patch |
Date: |
22 Sep 2003 12:07:39 -0700 |
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Bruno Haible <address@hidden> writes:
> The translator can insert newlines in his translations where he wants to.
Do you mean the translations of names, or the translations of the
_("Written by %s, %s, and %s.\n") msgids?
Names need to be translated in some cases (e.g., "F. Pinard" ->
"François Pinard"). I suppose you could translate this name to
"François\nPinard" instead if you know that's a good place to break
the line. But this would be undesirable, as the translation of
somebody's name shouldn't have a gratuitous newline like that;
otherwise, what will you do if you need the same name translated
somewhere else?
If you meant that translators should insert newlines in their
translations of _("Written by %s, %s, and %s.\n"), then I don't see
how that can work well either. One program might have three authors
with long names, so newlines need to be inserted, while a different
program might have three authors with short names, so no newlines
should be inserted.
If we stick to strings like _("Written by Mike Haertel and Paul
Eggert."), we avoid all these issues, and save ourselves work.
- Re: [Bug-gnulib] 4-gary-version-etc-full-author-string.patch, (continued)
- Re: [Bug-gnulib] 4-gary-version-etc-full-author-string.patch, Bruno Haible, 2003/09/18
- Re: [Bug-gnulib] 4-gary-version-etc-full-author-string.patch, Jim Meyering, 2003/09/18
- Re: [Bug-gnulib] 4-gary-version-etc-full-author-string.patch, Paul Eggert, 2003/09/18
- Re: [Bug-gnulib] 4-gary-version-etc-full-author-string.patch, Jim Meyering, 2003/09/18
- Re: [Bug-gnulib] 4-gary-version-etc-full-author-string.patch, Jim Meyering, 2003/09/18
- Re: [Bug-gnulib] 4-gary-version-etc-full-author-string.patch, Bruno Haible, 2003/09/19
- Re: [Bug-gnulib] 4-gary-version-etc-full-author-string.patch, Bruno Haible, 2003/09/19
- Re: [Bug-gnulib] 4-gary-version-etc-full-author-string.patch, Gary V. Vaughan, 2003/09/19
- Re: [Bug-gnulib] 4-gary-version-etc-full-author-string.patch, Bruno Haible, 2003/09/22
- Re: [Bug-gnulib] 4-gary-version-etc-full-author-string.patch, Gary V. Vaughan, 2003/09/22
- Re: [Bug-gnulib] 4-gary-version-etc-full-author-string.patch,
Paul Eggert <=
- Re: [Bug-gnulib] 4-gary-version-etc-full-author-string.patch, Bruno Haible, 2003/09/23
- Re: [Bug-gnulib] 4-gary-version-etc-full-author-string.patch, Paul Eggert, 2003/09/23
- Re: [Bug-gnulib] 4-gary-version-etc-full-author-string.patch, Bruno Haible, 2003/09/23
- Re: [Bug-gnulib] 4-gary-version-etc-full-author-string.patch, Paul Eggert, 2003/09/23
- Re: [Bug-gnulib] 4-gary-version-etc-full-author-string.patch, Bruno Haible, 2003/09/25
- Re: [Bug-gnulib] 4-gary-version-etc-full-author-string.patch, Jim Meyering, 2003/09/25
- Re: [Bug-gnulib] 4-gary-version-etc-full-author-string.patch, Jim Meyering, 2003/09/21
- Re: [Bug-gnulib] 4-gary-version-etc-full-author-string.patch, Bruno Haible, 2003/09/22
- Re: [Bug-gnulib] 4-gary-version-etc-full-author-string.patch, Jim Meyering, 2003/09/22
- Re: [Bug-gnulib] 4-gary-version-etc-full-author-string.patch, Bruno Haible, 2003/09/23