Re: [PATCH] merge-ort: split "distinct types" message into two translatable messages

From: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com>
Date: May 10, 2021, 05:36 UTC
Message-ID: <bb3a3968-f78e-7534-1274-2e6c916b9a8a@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20210509215250.33215-1-alexhenrie24@gmail.com>

On 10/05/21 04.52, Alex Henrie wrote:

> The word "renamed" has two possible translations in many European
> languages depending on whether one thing was renamed or two things were
> renamed. Give translators freedom to alter any part of the message to
> make it sound right in their language.

What are the examples? In French, Spanish, German, Portuguese (pt-PT), or even Slavic (like Russian) or even Hungarian, and etc?

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> -			path_msg(opt, path, 0,
> -				 _("CONFLICT (distinct types): %s had different "
> -				   "types on each side; renamed %s of them so "
> -				   "each can be recorded somewhere."),
> -				 path,
> -				 (rename_a && rename_b) ? _("both") : _("one"));
> +			if (rename_a && rename_b) {
> +				path_msg(opt, path, 0,
> +					 _("CONFLICT (distinct types): %s had "
> +					   "different types on each side; "
> +					   "renamed both of them so each can "
> +					   "be recorded somewhere."),
> +					 path);
> +			} else {
> +				path_msg(opt, path, 0,
> +					 _("CONFLICT (distinct types): %s had "
> +					   "different types on each side; "
> +					   "renamed one of them so each can be "
> +					   "recorded somewhere."),
> +					 path);
> +			}

Seems OK.

For example, in Indonesian, the first case (both sides are renamed) would be something like: ``` %s punya tipe yang berbeda pada setiap sisi, kedua-duanya dinamai ulang... ``` The second case (only one side) would be something like: ``` %s punya tipe yang berbeda pada setiap sisi, salah satunya dinamai ulang... ``` But the status quo (before this patch) would be translated as: ``` %s punya tipe yang berbeda pada setiap sisi, (kedua-duanya | satu) dari mereka dinamai ulang... ``` On the both sides case of status quo, the personal pronoun `mereka` (they) refers to the conflicted sides, where as on this patch, such conflicted sides are instead be referred as `-nya` suffix on the translation.

I personally avoid using `mereka` atau `ia` as personal pronoun that refer to things, and instead using `itu`.

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