Is this i18n?

Is this i18n?

[Andrew Cagney]

Hello,

I'm wondering if something like this:

   xstrprintf ("Set %s\n%s", "debugging of remote protocol", "When 
enabled, each packet sent or received with the remote target is displayed");

is valid i18n.  I think it is, unlike something like:

   concat ("Set ", "debugging of remote protocol", "\n", "...", NULL);

Assuming it is (I think so), there's the possibility of a significant 
cleanup.

Andrew

Re: Is this i18n?

[Daniel Jacobowitz]

On Tue, Jun 01, 2004 at 10:03:48AM -0400, Andrew Cagney wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm wondering if something like this:
> 
>   xstrprintf ("Set %s\n%s", "debugging of remote protocol", "When 
> enabled, each packet sent or received with the remote target is displayed");
> 
> is valid i18n.  I think it is, unlike something like:
> 
>   concat ("Set ", "debugging of remote protocol", "\n", "...", NULL);
> 
> Assuming it is (I think so), there's the possibility of a significant 
> cleanup.

It does permit the translator to move the "Set" around, but it doesn't
permit it to wander into the "debugging of" clause, or to be on
different sides depending on the item.  I think the TP would prefer to
have "Set debugging of remote protocol" in the PO file.

But I'm a far, far cry from an i18n expert.  Is there a TP list for
this sort of question?

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz

Re: Is this i18n?

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 10:08:17 -0400
> From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>
> 
> I think the TP would prefer to have "Set debugging of remote
> protocol" in the PO file.

I think you are right.

> Is there a TP list for this sort of question?

Yes, there is: team-leaders@iro.umontreal.ca.

Re: Is this i18n?

[Jason Molenda]

On Jun 1, 2004, at 7:03 AM, Andrew Cagney wrote:

> I'm wondering if something like this:
>
>   xstrprintf ("Set %s\n%s", "debugging of remote protocol", "When 
> enabled, each packet sent or received with the remote target is 
> displayed");
>
> is valid i18n.

Daniel's reply was right -- you'd want to keep the entire sentence 
together because some languages won't use the English word order.  
Japanese, for instance, would phrase that more like "(((remote 
protocol) debugging) set)".

J