Hi,
With the recent addition of "export" as a noun in
src/common/imageio.c (that string had previously only existed as
button labels, which I consider as verbs (in imperative tense, should
anyone wonder ;-))), I have myself a closer look at how the macros C_
and NC_ are used.
My quick investigation showed that module names are used for context
in some case, function (like "accel") in others. While this works
when the strings are (more or less) complete sentences, it's worse
with some single word strings. Simply put, this doesn't help
translators at all.
The example I have are the words "export" and "import". In English,
they could be verbs ("to export" and "to import") and they could be
nouns ("an export" and "an import" or short for "export module" and
"import module"). In other languages, these words translate
differently depending on how they are used (in Swedish, it's
"exportera" when used as a verb, "export" when used as a noun).
So, from a translator point of view, it would be MUCH more helpful if
the context would be used in a linguistic point of view, by being a
hint on how the string is used (especially in these not so obvious
cases). Besides, this would mean that translators wouldn't have to
translate "import" and "export" the same way in several places just
because that button (verb) exist in several modules ;-)
Thoughts?
Note: if these context strings are used somewhere else, please inform
me. In that case, would it be possible to simply add information for
translators?
Cheers,
Richard
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