[packagekit] some translation issues...

Richard Hughes hughsient at gmail.com
Tue Mar 4 13:01:04 PST 2008


On Tue, 2008-03-04 at 20:03 +0100, Andre Klapper wrote:
> ... i ran into when i tried to translate gnome-packagekit:
> 
> "package ID" vs "packageID"

Fixed.

> #: ../src/pk-common-gui.c:487
> msgid ""
> "The package list needs to be rebuilt\n"
> "TODO:how?."

Fixed.

> #: ../data/pk-progress.glade.h:2
> msgid "Part Progress:"
> 
> what is "part" here?

Would "Subtransaction progress" be any better? I'm struggling for a good
word for this.

> #: ../data/pk-backend-status.glade.h:23
> msgid "Repo Enable:"
> #: ../data/pk-backend-status.glade.h:24
> msgid "Repo Set Data:"
> 
> what's a "repo enable"? what is "set data"? if i don't get the context
> it's likely that i translate it wrong.

Fixed.

> #: ../src/pk-update-viewer.c:403
> msgid "Obsoletes"
> 
> is that the header of a column that displays the current installed
> version? having a comment would make it easier, again.

Added translator comments.

> #: ../src/pk-backend-status.c:123
> msgid "Exiting on failure\n"
> 
> is that a boolean, like "close the application if an error occurs"?

Nope, I've corrected it.

> #: ../src/pk-common-gui.c:822 ../src/pk-common-gui.c:899
> msgid "Unknown role"
> what is a role here? whose role?

I've changed this to "Unknown role type" where a role is something that
we've been asked to do.

Thanks for your feedback, appreciated.

Richard.





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