On 8 October 2013 21:35, <[email protected]> wrote: > Siterer Tal Daniel <[email protected]>: > > > On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 10:16 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Do we use the ellipsis character in translations even when the English >>> source has three consecutive periods? >>> >>> Kjell >>> >>> >> Tal: I don't think so, since this translation won't pass the tests, and >> will be marked with an error. I usually use "..." >> >> > I have also done that, but I thought I saw somewhere that the ellipsis > character was preferred. > > Anyway, the automated tests are only for advisory reasons, right? > I mean, when language differences make different ways of expression more > natural, the human judgement should take precedence even if it results in a > change of such things as sentence count or other punctuation change. >
If you by automated tests mean the pootle online test, then they are only advisory, and should be controlled but not blindly followed. We do however have other tests, between pootle and the final installation set, and these are mandatory to pass. Those are merely syntactic checks not semantic (e.g. check if xml tags are valid). rgds jan I. > > Kjell > > > ------------------------------**------------------------------**--------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > l10n-unsubscribe@openoffice.**apache.org<[email protected]> > For additional commands, e-mail: > [email protected].**org<[email protected]> > >
