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How to handle incomplete translations of message files.
author | diego |
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date | Thu, 01 Apr 2004 13:53:10 +0000 |
parents | 26d4ace59761 |
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43 will print untranslated messages to the screen, just substitute XX with your | 43 will print untranslated messages to the screen, just substitute XX with your |
44 language code. Additionally, please make sure that your translated messages fit | 44 language code. Additionally, please make sure that your translated messages fit |
45 on an 80 character wide display to avoid overflowing output. | 45 on an 80 character wide display to avoid overflowing output. |
46 | 46 |
47 If you do not translate all messages at once, please do not leave untranslated | |
48 messages in your translated file, just leave them out instead. The MPlayer | |
49 build system automatically checks for missing messages and uses the English | |
50 ones instead. This has the added advantage of providing the latest versions of | |
51 the English messages, since English messages in translations may be outdated. | |
52 Furthermore, running help_diff.sh on your translated file will immediately show | |
53 missing messages, which eases further translation. | |
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47 Translations are for documentation what porting is for code. Many more eyes | 55 Translations are for documentation what porting is for code. Many more eyes |
48 see it and get to find mistakes. If you stumble over mistakes, inaccuracies, | 56 see it and get to find mistakes. If you stumble over mistakes, inaccuracies, |
49 clumsy wording, spelling/grammar errors or if you notice that something is | 57 clumsy wording, spelling/grammar errors or if you notice that something is |
50 incomplete, please let us know, we'll fix it. Patches are more than welcome, | 58 incomplete, please let us know, we'll fix it. Patches are more than welcome, |
51 of course. | 59 of course. |