On Mon, Nov 24, 2025 at 06:37:25PM +0000, Gavin Smith wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 24, 2025 at 05:18:33PM +0000, Gavin Smith wrote:
> > It seems like it would be very easy to assume the word "category" is
> > followed
> > by the word "of" rather than the word "on" ("category on" is not idiomatic
> > English), leading to a mistranslation. The other string which can be used
> > uses "name" as a placeholder, not "category", which seems much more
> > appropriate.
The two strings correspond to two different cases, and different @def*
commands as shown in the TRANSLATORS comment:
#. TRANSLATORS: association of a method or operation name with a class
#. in descriptions of object-oriented programming methods or operations.
#: tta/perl/Texinfo/Translations.pm:588 tta/C/parsetexi/indices.c:493
#, perl-brace-format
msgid "{name} on {class}"
msgstr ""
#. TRANSLATORS: association of a variable or instance variable with
#. a class in descriptions of object-oriented programming variables or
#. instance variable.
#: tta/perl/Texinfo/Translations.pm:599 tta/C/parsetexi/indices.c:504
#, perl-brace-format
msgid "{name} of {class}"
msgstr ""
Do not hesitate to propose different strings.
> > #. TRANSLATORS: association of a method or operation name with a class
> > #. in descriptions of object-oriented programming methods or operations.
> > #: tta/perl/Texinfo/Translations.pm:588 tta/C/parsetexi/indices.c:493
> > #, perl-brace-format
> > msgid "{name} on {class}"
> > msgstr "{name} na {class}"
>
> I should have noticed that was not the string that was actually used, as
> it is "em" that appears in the output. It will be one of the following
> translations:
>
> msgstr "@tie{}--- {category} em {class}: {name}{arguments}"
> msgstr "@tie{}--- {category} em {class}: {name} {arguments}"
> msgstr "@tie{}--- {category} em {class}: {name}"
> msgstr "@tie{}--- {category} em {class}:@*{type}@*{name}{arguments}"
> msgstr "@tie{}--- {category} em {class}:@*{type}@*{name} {arguments}"
> msgstr "@tie{}--- {category} em {class}: {type} {name}{arguments}"
> msgstr "@tie{}--- {category} em {class}: {type} {name} {arguments}"
> msgstr "@tie{}--- {category} em {class}:@*{type}@*{name}"
> msgstr "@tie{}--- {category} em {class}: {type} {name}"
> msgstr "@tie{}--- {category} em {class}: {type} {name}{arguments}"
> msgstr "@tie{}--- {category} em {class}: {type} {name} {arguments}"
> msgstr "@tie{}--- {category} em {class}: {type} {name}"
> msgstr "{category} em @code{{class}}:@* "
> msgstr "{category} em @code{{class}}: "
Not only, "{name} on {class}" translation appears in index entries, at
least in some cases. So there could be an inconsistency in the
translation that has some effect.
--
Pat
