On 08/31/2014 08:32 PM, Niklas Laxström wrote:
> It looks like the questions below were not answered. Is that true?
>
> I would like to remind the developers that if you want good quality
> translations you must provide enough information to the translators. I
> wrote about this topic some months ago on the developers list with the
> subject of "Message documentation".
>
> This is call to action. Not making releases and not answering
> translators' questions will lead to removal of FreeCol project from
> translatewiki.net. The current situation is not fair to the
> translators who spend hundreds of hours translating. They need support
> and their translations needs to reach the users.
>
> I do not want FreeCol to be removed from translatewiki.net. Please let
> me know how I can help you to prevent that from happening.
>
> -Niklas
First, I would like to apologize for not replying to this email in a
timely fashion.
>
> 2014-05-16 18:55 GMT+03:00 Ruiliang Gong <samuelsaxto...@gmail.com>:
>> Hi Michael,
>>
>>
>> I am Sam, the guy who was translating FreeCol to simplified Chinese.
>>
>>
>> I have kind of almost completed all of the translation works, but there are
>> some messages that confused me a lot. If it is possible, I mean, if you have
>> time to, could you please have a look and explain them to me? I have made
>> all of these massages a translation, by what my understanding. If your
>> explanation is different with what I have done, I will correct them
>> immediately.
>>
>>
>> These are those "weird" messages:
>>
>>
>> 1: The stem for the last-turn save file name.
>>
>> FreeCol:Model.option.lastTurnName.shortDescription/zh-hans
>>
>>
>> The stem for the before-last-turn save file name.
>>
>> FreeCol:Model.option.beforeLastTurnName.shortDescription/zh-hans
>>
>>
>> (these 2 massages are very similar, what the meaning of 'stem' here
>> actually?)
These two strings are used to generate the names for the auto-save
files. Stem is used in the sense of word stem, but "part" would be just
as accurate.
>>
>>
>> 2: Per Bend Sinister
>>
>> FreeCol:Flag.background.PER BEND SINISTER/zh-hans
>>
>>
>> (I understand every word in this massage. but I have no idea what this is
>> trying to say when they come together)
>>
>>
>> 3: Per Saltire
>>
>> FreeCol:Flag.background.PER SALTIRE/zh-hans
>>
>>
>> (same problem as the previous one)
The language of vexillology, like that of heraldry, looks a lot like
English, but isn't really. I recommend looking up the meaning of these
terms at wkipedia or flagspot.net or a similar site, since an example is
probably more informative than any amount of description. "Per bend
sinister" means divided diagonally from top right to bottom left, for
example, and "per saltire" means divided diagonally from top right to
bottom left and from top left to bottom right.
>>
>>
>> 4: %colony%: %teacher% graduates {{plural:%turns%|one=next turn|other=in
>> %turns% turns}}
>>
>> FreeCol:Report.colony.making.educating.description/zh-hans
>>
>>
>> (do I need to translate “plural” here? What does this massage try to
>> express)
No, you must not translate "plural" in this case. This whole construct
is a conditional format that works as follows: "plural" is a "tag", i.e.
a fixed string that determines how the next element, the "selector" is
to be interpreted. "%turns%" is the selector. It is expected that this
variable will be replaced with a number, which will then be categorized
as singular, plural, dual or whatever, depending on the language
involved. This category will then be used to select one of the
alternatives listed. In the above case, the construct will be replaced
with "next turn" if "%turns%" equals "1", and with "in 7 turns" if
"%turns%" equals "7", for example.
>>
>>
>> Best Wishes,
>>
>> Sam
Regards,
Michael
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 7:50 PM, Michael Vehrs <michael.bursc...@gmx.de>
>> wrote:
>>> On 04/22/2014 01:06 AM, Ruiliang Gong wrote:
>>>> Hi Michael,
>>>>
>>>> First, apology for this late response, I was in holiday.
>>>>
>>>> Many thanks for your hints, I have started working on that. I mean, not
>>>> just translating, but also a better translating by your suggestion.
>>>>
>>>> There may be some further questions about the source code when I am doing
>>>> this stuff. I hope I could get your help in the future.
>>>>
>>>> Again, Thanks a lot.
>>>>
>>>> Sam
>>>
>>> You're welcome. I was out of town for a few days myself.
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> Michael
>>>
>>>
>
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