James,
A localizable message string is one similar to those given in the example:
English: “The package will arrive at {time} on {date}.”
German: “Das Paket wird am {date} um {time} geliefert.”
The message string may contain any number of complete sentences, including zero
( “Arrival: {time}” ).
The Message Format Working Group is to define the *format* of the strings, not
their *repertoire*. That is, should the string be “Arrival: %s” or “Arrival:
${date}” or “Arrival: {0}”?
Does that answer your question?
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Steven R. Loomis | @srl295 | git.io/srl295
> El ene. 10, 2020, a las 2:48 p. m., James Kass via Unicode
> <unicode@unicode.org> escribió:
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> On 2020-01-10 9:55 PM, announceme...@unicode.org wrote:
>> But until now we have not had a syntax for localizable message strings
>> standardized by Unicode.
>
> What is the difference between “localizable message strings” and “localized
> sentences”? Asking for a friend.
>
