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Status: New => Invalid
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Title:
Missing gettext context or pasting translatable strings
Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
Invalid
Bug description:
While translating to Spanish some text from the Keyboard Shortcuts
Overlay, I noticed pieces of text which I considered badly structured
for translation.
I am not sure but I think it is caused by using string concatenation
of translatable strings or missing gettext context or something else.
For example, the text for "Alt+Left Mouse Drag" is separated into
``Alt'', `` + '', ``Left Mouse'', and `` Drag'' (there is a space
before Drag). I assume this is the way it is separated because in the
translation entries there is one for "Left Mouse" and one for " Drag".
Obviously that would not be a problem if "Left Mouse" + " Drag" ==
"Left Mouse Drag" in Spanish, but this is not the case. (I think this
isn't the case for English either!)
Other examples are
"Super (Hold)" -> "Super" . " (Hold)"
"Cursor Left or Right -> "Cursor Left" . " or " . " Right"
"Alt + Middle Mouse Drag" -> "Alt" . " + " . "Middle Mouse" . " Drag"
*What is expected*
That translatable strings should not be pasted together via coding which
bypasses gettext or the maintainers shouldn't spare on adding context pointers
on the translatable strings, in order for the translation context to preserved
and enough for a decent translation.
*What happens*
In the translations page for Unity (7.0) there are pieces of text with
ambiguous context or which cannot be translated correctly.
Description: Ubuntu 13.04
Release: 13.04
unity:
Installed: 7.0.0daily13.04.18~13.04-0ubuntu1
Candidate: 7.0.0daily13.04.18~13.04-0ubuntu1
Version table:
*** 7.0.0daily13.04.18~13.04-0ubuntu1 0
500 http://do.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring/main i386 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: unity 7.0.0daily13.04.18~13.04-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-25.37-generic 3.8.13
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-25-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.1
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: No value set for
`/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
Date: Thu Jun 27 16:11:21 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-04-26 (62 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release i386 (20130424)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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