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Bug 573427 - bad command line parameter translations in dasher
bad command line parameter translations in dasher
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: l10n
Classification: Infrastructure
Component: Spanish [es]
git master
Other Linux
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Assigned To: gnome-es-list@gnome.org
gnome-es-list@gnome.org
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2009-02-27 16:02 UTC by André Klapper
Modified: 2009-02-28 12:43 UTC
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Description André Klapper 2009-02-27 16:02:25 UTC 
./es.po:msgid "Application style (traditional, direct, compose or fullscreen)"
./es.po-msgstr ""
./es.po-"Estilo de la aplicación (tradicional, directo, compuesto o pantalla completa)"



Being a user, you MUST use the ENGLISH value if you want to use the parameter. It is IMPOSSIBLE for users to GUESS the english values if you translate the values ONLY to your language.

Proposal: Put your translation in brakets after the english value.
Example: "  "english_value" (translation_of_english_value)  "

I have added a translator comment for future reference, see bug 551137 for the complete story.

To reproduce:
1. Start a terminal
2. Run "dasher --help"
3. Read description for "-a"
4. Run "dasher --appstyle=" plus one of the four translated options
5. Fail: Application style is not supported
Comment 1 Jorge González 2009-02-27 19:03:09 UTC 
Many thanks again Andre. Fixed.

How I am supposed to notice these other strings?
Comment 2 André Klapper 2009-02-27 19:22:52 UTC 
Buena pregunta. Ni idea.
Comment 3 Jorge González 2009-02-28 10:25:08 UTC 
Good to know :( Then how did you notice it? Are you using a Spanish layout?
Comment 4 André Klapper 2009-02-28 12:43:19 UTC 
Yupp, sometimes I run GNOME in languages I don't understand (probably been Czech in this case) because I need my daily dose of personal failure.