From: Bagas Sanjaya Date: Mon, 10 May 2021 05:36:39 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] merge-ort: split "distinct types" message into two translatable messages Message-ID: 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? > - 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`. -- An old man doll... just what I always wanted! - Clara