Re: [nvda-translations] Use of Multi Meaningful words: A headache to translator!
- From: Mesar Hameed <mesar.hameed@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: nvda-translations@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2012 15:09:41 +0100
Hi,
You are right, and we have a ticket for this work here:
http://www.nvda-project.org/ticket/1524
@jamie, the translation workflow already uses msgfmt msgmerge, and not the po
files.
Might you have some time to look at the needed code changes?
Sorry I am currently snowed under.
Thanks,
Mesar
On Sat 08/09/12,18:57, Him Prasad Gautam wrote:
> Dear All,
> Are you also getting the same nature of problem as below?
> Either yes or no, let you give your opinion….
>
> As a translator, I am questioned by some ne locale users regarding the
> inappropriateness translation of some 'multi meaningful English word'
> messages like 'on' or 'off'. As we all know that these words are used
> in many but entirely different situational cases e.g.
> Caps/Scroll/Numlock key: on/off, AC line: on/off, Mouse tracking:
> on/off and many things can be said by the same word of 'on/off'. It
> is appropriate for English but the same does not apply to other
> language. In Nepali, there exists no a single word which may be used
> to express the situation of a key on a keyboard and state of the
> supply of the electricity! Just to address different conditional
> states of different messages, like msgid "on" or msgid "off" are a
> great headache and seriously challenge the quality of the translator.
> What to do if a common word fit for all such messages does not exits
> in own language? Instead if the developer use the word something
> like 'locked/unlocked' for keys of a keyboard,
> 'connected/Disconnected' for power supply, 'yes/no' for mouse tracking
> and so on; there would no problem of looking an appropriate words for
> translators!
>
> I request James and Mesar to pay an attention in this issue and make a
> strict policy of using specific word for message instead of using a
> common English word (like on/off) unless an alternate specific
> English vocabulary exists. Definitely, this concept increases the list
> of messages to be translated but additional work for just few more
> words is not that much burden. Present list of 1129 message may be
> 1200, so what? it will be easily translated but in a flexible
> environment for choosing an appropriate words! This will increase the
> quality of translation.
>
>
> Him Prasad Gautam
> Kathmandu, Nepal
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