On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 04:56:41PM +0930, Clytie Siddall wrote: > On 23/05/2008, at 12:11 AM, W. Martin Borgert wrote: >> I'm not very optimistic about having the new DocBook/UTF-8/po4a >> FAQ ready for lenny. The po conversion of existing translations >> (diverging a lot from the English version) is a boring, >> difficult and error-prone task. > > That's a pity. Why is the po4a conversion so messy? Is that a po4a > problem, or a problem with existing translations not following the same > format?
It's just, that the English original changed (in some chapters) a lot since the translations have been created. In theory, it should be easier, if one gettextises from the very version, that has been used for the translation... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
