Re: i18n, part 2

[Kevin Buettner <kevinb@redhat.com>]

On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 22:52:06 +0200
"Eli Zaretskii" <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:

> > Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 10:39:30 -0700
> > From: Kevin Buettner <kevinb@redhat.com>
> > Cc: gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com
> > 
> > On Sat, 4 Dec 2004 20:57:02 +0100
> > Baurjan Ismagulov <ibr@ata.cs.hun.edu.tr> wrote:
> > 
> > > * aix-thread.c:aix_thread_extra_thread_info()
> > > 
> > >   "tid %d, %s" doesn't add much context to ", suspended". Besides,
> > >   splitting the execution flow with if (tid != PTHDB_INVALID_TID) would
> > >   not be identical to the current code. That is why I left the code as
> > >   is.
> > 
> > Seems reasonable.
> 
> Excuse me, but in what language is this ``reasonable''?  In any
> language where ``suspended'' needs to be modified according to the
> gender (masculine, feminine, etc.) of the corresponding noun, the
> translator will have no hope of getting the translation right without
> reading the code and understanding what it does.  So much for
> ``reasonable''.

The code in question is simply outputting a list of attributes
associated with a particular thread.  How should we make the necessary
context available to the translator without putting an undue burden
on GDB maintainers?  What do other projects do in this regard?

Kevin