On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 8:39 AM, Bruno Patri <bruno.pa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Le Mercredi 24 Mars 2010 11:29:37, Gabor Kelemen a écrit : >> Timo Jyrinki írta: >> > 2010/3/24 David Planella <david.plane...@ubuntu.com>: >> >> It would be interesting to hear what other teams say, especially those >> >> who have already completed translations. >> > >> > +1 otherwise, but in these kind of "small changes in original strings" >> > situations I'd prefer some place the current translations would be >> > kept. There is effort put to those, and if eg. the English string has >> > one word changed, the high quality translation should not be lost by >> > forcing all translators to think about the new string from a fresh >> > start. >> >> Gettext's fuzzy matching could be used here (like on a per-template >> basis), but that is is bad, mmmkay? :P >> However, your translations are not lost: >> click the "Translation details" link, then on the "filter" link besides >> the translator names under "Contributors to this translation". You can >> add &batch=300 to the end of the address, so you can see more of the >> existing translations, including obsolete ones. For example, in >> ubiquity-debconf, my old translations are marked by a ~: >> https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/lucid/+source/ubiquity/+pots/ub >> iquity-debconf/hu/+filter?person=kelemeng&batch=300 From this point, >> copy-paste is easy - I do this whenever they correct some typos in the >> ddtp templates :). > > > Thanks for the tip Gabor ;) > > I'm really angry about this changes. French translations were completed but > now we have to fix 26 strings for ubuntu slide-show, 45 for kubuntu slide > show and 13 for xubuntu slide show. > In his previous messages, Dylan has only mentionned 21/26 strings for ubuntu > slide show. Actually 84 strings were modified ! > > -- > Bruno > > -- > ubuntu-translators mailing list > ubuntu-translators@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-translators >
As I understood it, the Kubuntu and Xubuntu parts had been dealt with by their respective contributors. I didn't look into things any further, since I didn't feel a need to. If that is not the case, I am really sorry about the trouble and I hope I can be be more careful keeping track of string changes / making sure everything lands on time in the future. However — though I realize this isn't the case for most others — it looks to me that the French translations for Kubuntu were last edited before UI string freeze. While I appreciate that you guys were obviously very eager to get things done on time (I could learn from that), it's impossible to guarantee that strings will not be changed at a whim before string freeze for ANY package. That includes this one. Granted, I do absolutely agree this package NEEDS to do better with communication; it has a lot of big strings that need to look and feel right no matter what languages our users speak. Dylan -- ubuntu-translators mailing list ubuntu-translators@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-translators
