Re: [pve-devel] [PATCH widget-toolkit] i18n: mark strings as translatable

[Dominik Csapak <d.csapak@proxmox.com>]

On 12/6/23 12:13, Maximiliano Sandoval wrote:
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> Dominik Csapak <d.csapak@proxmox.com> writes:
> 
>> the translator must make sure the terms are consistent anyway...
> 
> This is the heart of the issue. The translator cannot know there are
> more uses of the string if it is not marked as translatable.

yes he can, because he shouldn't be translating these strings
in a vacuum. I'd expect a minimum of cross checking the gui
and familiarity with the product/gui.

we don't give the translation files to people that have
never seen/used the pve/pbs/pmg interfaces, rather
it's users that want to use it in their own
language. If they don't know what the name/phrase/etc.
means or show up in the gui context, that's a problem
in general and leads to weird translations either way.

As an example: if i wanted to translate 'ACME'
without context and know nothing about proxmox products,
i might just put 'GIPFEL' for german
(the literal translation of the english word 'acme' in all caps...)
like google translate would suggest

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> --
> Maximiliano