Re: [PATCH v2 09/14] i18n: notes: mark error messages for translation

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Sep 13, 2016, 22:01 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqfup3v4rg.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <2523910.zLOPm9a3mF@cayenne>

Jean-Noël AVILA <jn.avila@free.fr> writes:

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>> Yes, these verbs are git notes subcommands....
>
> Having one sentence per action is cumbersome, but avoiding sentence lego is 
> mandatory for proper i18n. How about  just adding quotes around the subcommand 
> and warn translators ?

I think that is a sensible way to go. I do not think it adds value to "translate" the action names that needs to be typed verbatim in the message.

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