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On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 10:50 PM, Eben Eliason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 7:17 PM, Eben Eliason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > All sounds good, thanks for the suggestions. Hopefully I'll have time
> > to tidy up the patch tomorrow.
> >
> > - Eben
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 5:04 PM, Sayamindu Dasgupta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > > On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 2:18 AM, Tomeu Vizoso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 7:54 PM, Eben Eliason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > > > > > +NOW = _('Seconds ago')
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Translators may not be able to translate adequately from
> 'Seconds
> > > > > > ago'. Perhaps a translation comment may help here? Example
> from
> > > > > > misc.py:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > # TRANS: Relative dates (eg. 1 month and 5 days).
> > > > >
> > > > > What if we are explicit in the comment about the intended
> meaning of NOW, as in:
> > > > > # TRANS: Indicating something that just happened; "just now",
> "right
> > > > > now", "moments ago"
> > > >
> > > > Sounds good.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > > +AGO = _(' ago')
> > > > > > ...
> > > > > > + return result + AGO
> > > > > >
> > > > > > This will break in most languages other than english.
> Sayamindu, do
> > > > > > you have any idea about what can be done here?
> > > > >
> > > > > Likewise:
> > > > > # TRANS: Indicating time passed, eg (1 month, 5 days ago);
> "ago", "in
> > > > > the past", "earlier"
> > > >
> > > > Yes, but in some languages that string may appear in a different
> > > > position inside the sentence. What about _('%s ago') % result
> instead?
> > > > Btw, may be better to change the name of the result variable to
> > > > something more descriptive (like 'period'?).
> > > >
> > > > http://docs.python.org/lib/typesseq-strings.html
> > >
> > > I would say +1 for the above. It is very difficult to predict how a
> > > translation might rearrange a string, so _('%s ago') would be the
> > > safest option (along with a #TRANS comment explaining the string).
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Sayamindu
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Sayamindu Dasgupta
> > > [http://sayamindu.randomink.org/ramblings]
> > >
> >
>
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