Hi Alastair,
Did you find my explanation in #360128 satisfiing?
Btw, I'm sending an update, as the patch didn't apply to current version in sid.
Also, this new patch adds a comment for the .pot file, to help translators
figure out what to do with this string.
--
Robert Millan
diff -ur iso-codes-0.51.old/iso2pot.py iso-codes-0.51/iso2pot.py
--- iso-codes-0.51.old/iso2pot.py 2005-10-28 13:57:31.000000000 +0200
+++ iso-codes-0.51/iso2pot.py 2006-05-17 19:34:27.051085432 +0200
@@ -35,6 +35,17 @@
self.ofile.write("\n")
if c != None:
self.ofile.write("#. " + aname + " for " + c +
"\n")
+ if aname == "regional_name":
+ self.ofile.write("# This string is only used in
very specific situations.\n")
+ self.ofile.write("# - If your language is not
spoken in this country, leave untranslated.\n")
+ self.ofile.write("# - If your language is
spoken in all regions of this country, leave untranslated.\n")
+ self.ofile.write("# - If your language is
spoken only in this country, and nowhere else in the world, leave
untranslated.\n")
+ self.ofile.write("# - If your language is
spoken only in a region of this country, translate @region@ to the name of that
region,\n")
+ self.ofile.write("# in your own language (if
there's no such name, leave untranslated). Translate the country name as
well.\n")
+ self.ofile.write("# Example: Catalan is spoken
in a small town in Italy, the name of that town in Catalan is \"L'Alguer\".\n#
Therefore, in ca.po we have:\n")
+ self.ofile.write("# msgid \"@region@
(Italy)\"\n")
+ self.ofile.write("# msgstr \"L'Alguer
(It??lia)\"\n")
+
self.ofile.write ("msgid \"" + n + "\"\n")
self.ofile.write ("msgstr \"\"\n")
self.done[n] = 'True'
diff -ur iso-codes-0.51.old/iso_3166/Makefile.am
iso-codes-0.51/iso_3166/Makefile.am
--- iso-codes-0.51.old/iso_3166/Makefile.am 2006-04-02 12:44:07.000000000
+0200
+++ iso-codes-0.51/iso_3166/Makefile.am 2006-05-17 14:07:36.869286208 +0200
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
iso_3166.pot: iso_3166.xml
../iso2pot.py --is-version $(VERSION) --comments alpha_3_code \
- --fields name,official_name,common_name --outfile $@ $<
+ --fields name,official_name,common_name,regional_name --outfile
$@ $<
EXTRA_DIST = \
$(pofiles) \
diff -ur iso-codes-0.51.old/iso_3166/ca.po iso-codes-0.51/iso_3166/ca.po
--- iso-codes-0.51.old/iso_3166/ca.po 2006-04-04 18:10:41.000000000 +0200
+++ iso-codes-0.51/iso_3166/ca.po 2006-05-17 13:33:39.481016304 +0200
@@ -517,6 +517,10 @@
msgid "French Republic"
msgstr "Rep??blica Francesa"
+#. regional_name for FRA
+msgid "@region@ (France)"
+msgstr "Catalunya Nord (Fran??a)"
+
#. name for GUF
msgid "French Guiana"
msgstr "Guaiana Francesa"
@@ -729,6 +733,10 @@
msgid "Italy"
msgstr "It??lia"
+#. regional_name for ITA
+msgid "@region@ (Italy)"
+msgstr "L'Alguer (It??lia)"
+
#. official_name for ITA
msgid "Italian Republic"
msgstr "Rep??blica Italiana"
diff -ur iso-codes-0.51.old/iso_3166/eu.po iso-codes-0.51/iso_3166/eu.po
--- iso-codes-0.51.old/iso_3166/eu.po 2006-04-03 22:22:43.000000000 +0200
+++ iso-codes-0.51/iso_3166/eu.po 2006-05-17 13:34:06.341932824 +0200
@@ -517,6 +517,10 @@
msgid "French Republic"
msgstr "Frantziar Errepublika"
+#. regional_name for FRA
+msgid "@region@ (France)"
+msgstr "Iparralde (Frantzia)"
+
#. name for GUF
msgid "French Guiana"
msgstr "Guaiana Frantsesa"
@@ -1373,6 +1377,10 @@
msgid "Spain"
msgstr "Espainia"
+#. regional_name for ESP
+msgid "@region@ (Spain)"
+msgstr "Hegoalde (Espainia)"
+
#. official_name for ESP
msgid "Kingdom of Spain"
msgstr "Espaniako Erresuma"
diff -ur iso-codes-0.51.old/iso_3166/iso_3166.xml
iso-codes-0.51/iso_3166/iso_3166.xml
--- iso-codes-0.51.old/iso_3166/iso_3166.xml 2006-04-02 12:11:09.000000000
+0200
+++ iso-codes-0.51/iso_3166/iso_3166.xml 2006-05-17 13:33:09.628554568
+0200
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
common_name CDATA #IMPLIED
name CDATA #REQUIRED
official_name CDATA #IMPLIED
+ regional_name CDATA #IMPLIED
>
<!ELEMENT iso_3166_3_entry EMPTY>
<!ATTLIST iso_3166_3_entry
@@ -453,6 +454,7 @@
alpha_3_code="FRA"
numeric_code="250"
name="France"
+ regional_name="@region@ (France)"
official_name="French Republic" />
<iso_3166_entry
alpha_2_code="GF"
@@ -643,6 +645,7 @@
alpha_3_code="ITA"
numeric_code="380"
name="Italy"
+ regional_name="@region@ (Italy)"
official_name="Italian Republic" />
<iso_3166_entry
alpha_2_code="JM"
@@ -1180,6 +1183,7 @@
alpha_3_code="ESP"
numeric_code="724"
name="Spain"
+ regional_name="@region@ (Spain)"
official_name="Kingdom of Spain" />
<iso_3166_entry
alpha_2_code="LK"
