Issue 89733 - Errors in the original strings (svx)
Summary: Errors in the original strings (svx)
Status: ACCEPTED
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Product: Draw
Classification: Application
Component: code (show other issues)
Version: OOo 3.0 Beta
Hardware: All All
: P3 Trivial (vote)
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Reported: 2008-05-21 15:14 UTC by clytie
Modified: 2017-05-20 10:47 UTC (History)
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Description clytie 2008-05-21 15:14:37 UTC
While translating the interface, I found these errors. I thought you would want to fix them, as they 
detract from the overall quality of the program.

I am not sure against which module to report each string: I notice clicking on "officecfg" brings me to 
"utilities", so I may be reporting in separate places strings belonging together. However, I have tried 
reporting them altogether, and that isn't OK either. So this is my effort. I hope it is useful.

1. Split strings

svx	source\dialog\impgrf.src	0	string	RID_SVXRES_IMPORTGRAPHIC	
STR_PATH_NOT_FOUND1			0	en-US	The directory '				2002-02-02 02:02:02
svx	source\dialog\impgrf.src	0	string	RID_SVXRES_IMPORTGRAPHIC	
STR_PATH_NOT_FOUND2			0	en-US	' does not exist				2002-02-02 
02:02:02

Split strings are bad i18n practice, because the grammar of different languages is different. Please use 
a placeholder, e.g.

The directory '%1' does not exist

to avoid this problem.


2. Multiple errors due to non-spaced placeholders

svx	source\dialog\autocdlg.src	0	string	RID_OFAPAGE_AUTOFMT_APPLY	ST_TYPO			
174	en-US	Replace "standard" quotes with %1custom%2 quotes				2002-02-02 
02:02:02

Not spacing the placeholders means the checking filters interpret the whole word as a variable. So 
translating that word causes an error. Please find another way to do this.


3. Since you use square brackets to indicate placeholders elsewhere, please don't use them to enclose 
translatable text, since the string is then reported as an error. You could easily use round brackets 
instead, and avoid these time-wasting errors for us.

svx	source\dialog\autocdlg.src	0	string	RID_OFAPAGE_AUTOFMT_APPLY	STR_HEADER1			
50	en-US	[M]				2002-02-02 02:02:02
svx	source\dialog\autocdlg.src	0	string	RID_OFAPAGE_AUTOFMT_APPLY	STR_HEADER2			
50	en-US	[T]				2002-02-02 02:02:02

svx	source\dialog\autocdlg.src	0	fixedtext	RID_OFAPAGE_AUTOFMT_APPLY	
FT_HEADER1_EXPLANATION			174	en-US	[M]: Replace while modifying existing text				
2002-02-02 02:02:02
svx	source\dialog\autocdlg.src	0	fixedtext	RID_OFAPAGE_AUTOFMT_APPLY	
FT_HEADER2_EXPLANATION			174	en-US	[T]: AutoFormat/AutoCorrect while typing				
2002-02-02 02:02:02

svx	source\dialog\optfltr.src	0	string	RID_OFAPAGE_MSFILTEROPT2	ST_HEADER1			
248	en-US	[L]				2002-02-02 02:02:02
svx	source\dialog\optfltr.src	0	string	RID_OFAPAGE_MSFILTEROPT2	ST_HEADER2			
248	en-US	[S]				2002-02-02 02:02:02
svx	source\dialog\optfltr.src	0	fixedtext	RID_OFAPAGE_MSFILTEROPT2	FT_HEADER1_EXPLANATION			
248	en-US	[L]: Load and convert the object				2002-02-02 02:02:02
svx	source\dialog\optfltr.src	0	fixedtext	RID_OFAPAGE_MSFILTEROPT2	FT_HEADER2_EXPLANATION			
248	en-US	[S]: Convert and save the object				2002-02-02 02:02:02


Clytie
Vietnamese Free-Software Translation Team
Comment 1 ooo 2009-07-24 13:41:04 UTC
targeted for 3.2
Comment 2 ooo 2009-10-01 15:55:36 UTC
retargeted to 3.x
Comment 3 Marcus 2017-05-20 10:47:59 UTC
Reset assigne to the default "issues@openoffice.apache.org".