Patryk Benderz <patryk.bend...@esp.pl> writes: > > Dnia 2014-10-05, nie o godzinie 12:24 -0400, Joshua Judson Rosen pisze: > > Oh, FYI--the web-based translation tool for FoxtrotGPS > > in Launchpad is available here: > > > > https://translations.launchpad.net/foxtrotgps > Hi Joshua, > great idea with enabling LP translations. However one thing is bothering > me: only actual messages should be translated, not it's formating. > Example: > > 1) Present is: > <span foreground='#ff0000'>POI has no ID -> see website for help!</span> > > 2) Should be: > POI has no ID -> see website for help! > > Any hint what to do? Should we leave such strings untranslated until > strings are fixed?
No; actually, at least in some cases, it's important that the formatting _is_ translatable. Sometimes things should actually be formatted differently in different locales. Launchpad's `guide for translators' doc explains briefly how translators should generally handle markup (basically: translate the text, but not the markup): https://help.launchpad.net/Translations/Guide#Formatting.2BAC8-XML_tags I'm believe I read a more in-depth treatise on this at some point, but I can't remember where right now (apparently it wasn't the gettext manual, because all that says is that HTML markup "is common enough that it’s probably ok to use in translatable strings"). I do remember that, as an example, there are some colours that have different meanings in different locales. -- "'tis an ill wind that blows no minds." _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community