[translations] Same string, different translations?

[Jim Li]

Gabor, thanks for your quick reply. Do you know where can I find
proposals/discussions on this problem? I didn't find anything in issue
queue. Thanks.

On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 12:19 PM, Gábor Hojtsy <gabor at hojtsy.hu> wrote:

> There is not a solution for this problem yet. There are multiple
> suggestions on how to solve this, including contexts in some strings.
>
> Gábor
>
> On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 6:16 PM, Jim Li <jimmydami at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Is there a way to give same word different translations, depends on
> context
> > e.g. if the string comes from different modules or display on different
> > pages?
> >
> > A problem we have is how to translate string 'view' or 'views'. They
> > apparently have different meanings when used as a generic verb/noun, as
> > opposed to used in views.module. I think this problem has always been
> there,
> > but has been more obvious over time, with more and more strings from
> contrib
> > modules are added. Is there a way to solve it in d6, or can anybody point
> me
> > to an existing issue request for d7? (I'd consider it to be a bug or
> > must-have feature request.)
> >
> >
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