Re: gnome-control-center new string?

[Kenneth Nielsen <k nielsen81 gmail com>]

2011/4/6 Andre Klapper <ak-47 gmx net>:
> On Wed, 2011-04-06 at 15:48 +0100, Richard Hughes wrote:
>> I'm trying to fix https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=645002
>> which has just become a release blocker for Fedora 15. I'm proposing
>> we add the following patch to gnome-control-center so that we can fix
>> the issue properly for 3.0.1
>>
>> I know we don't normally allow string additions in stable branches,
>> but I thought I'd ask anyway. Ideas welcome.
>> +     /* TRANSLATORS: this is when the access point is not listed
>> +      * in the dropdown (or hidden) and the user has to select
>> +      * another entry manually */
>> +     PANEL_WIRELESS_COLUMN_TITLE, _("Other..."),
>
>
> The string already exists in g-c-c so technically speaking it is not a
> string freeze break:
> #: ../panels/user-accounts/um-language-dialog.c:180
> msgid "Other..."
>
> However I don't know if some languages require a translation context
> (msgctxt) here which would make this a new separate string, in case the
> two translations differ (gender of strings that each of them refers to).
> See https://live.gnome.org/TranslationProject/DevGuidelines/Translation%20contexts

It _is_ context/gender dependent, at least in Danish. So you cannot
reuse an existing "Other... translation from another project, _unless_
it there also refers to an access point (and the context is made clear
in the translation you want to copy from).

Regards Kenneth

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