[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 123992] New: [l10n] Use separate strings for menu items and icon tooltips

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            Bug ID: 123992
           Summary: [l10n] Use separate strings for menu items and icon
                    tooltips
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: 6.2.1.2 release
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: minor
          Priority: medium
         Component: UI
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: 3429171453 at qq.com

For non-Latin based languages, such as Chinese, the mnemonic letters (keyboard
accelerators) are usually put in paratheses after the translated string.

Example: For opening a file, the "~Open" string is translated to "打开 (~O)" (or
"OpenInChinese (~O)" for those having problem displaying Chinese).

This works well for the menu items, as the "O" letter is rendered with an
underline, and Chinese users are used to such notation for mnemonic letters. 
However, the same string seems to be also used for the pop-up tooltip of the
"Open" icon on the toolbar, just without the underline.  So when a Chinese user
mouse-over the icon, he/she sees "打开 (O)" and wouldn't know what the "(O)" part
means.

For Latin based language with in-line mnemonic letters this approach works
fine, however for non-Latin based language this is cumbersome and confusing.

Obviously make these two separate strings for translation would work, but that
adds a lot of strings for all the languages, many of which unnecessarily.  Hope
someone will have a better solution.

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