Now I got your point. The thing is, Gettext (the translation that lots of applications implement, not just CakePHP) works in a way that if there are no message strings in the specified language that are found corresponding to the message id, then the message id itself will be returned. The obvious advantage for this is that you don't need to create another PO file in the base language that you're working on, and all you need to do is generate files for the other languages that your application will be supporting.
If you're trying to say that, for example, one word for the English language can be used in different context to cater to an implicit meaning BUT you might need to use other words in another language to convey meaning in another context, then you might be off better to create language-neutral message ids. The minor downside for this is you also have to generate the PO file in your base language. As you have suggested, you may have to add another level of grouping for your message ids, like "MessageGroup.SubkeyOrWord.Variation1", "MessageGroup.SubkeyOrWord.Variation2" and so on. Let's say we have the following: ==== Submit, variation 1 (en) msgid "MyApplication.Submit.1" msgstr "SUBMIT" (sv) msgid "MyApplication.Submit1" msgstr "GODKÄNN" ==== But then you could be using SUBMIT in another Swedish context: ==== Submit, variation 1 (en) msgid "MyApplication.Submit.2" msgstr "SUBMIT" (sv) msgid "MyApplication.Submit2" msgstr "SKAPA" ==== Notice how the translations are keyed like "MyApplication.Submit.1" and "MyApplication.Submit.2". That's a viable workaround IMHO. Hope this helps, cheers! Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://cakeqs.org and help others with their CakePHP related questions. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en
