[translations] Translation (pseudo)contexts in Drupal 7

[Fernando P. García]

BUG :), I forgot the space at the very begin of the string.

This is the right one:

Example 1:

$string = 'Filtrar' = ltrim(t('!verb Filter', array('!verb' => '')));

Example 2:

$string = 'Filtro' = ltrim(t('!noun Filter', array('!noun' => '')));

Blessings!

2009/7/25 Fernando P. García <fernando at develcuy.com>

> great idea,
>
> This will not need a patch, just for fashion :P.
>
> So what we need is to agree in some reserved words for translation:
>
> Example 1:
>
> $string = 'Filtrar' = t('!verb Filter', array('!verb' => ''));
>
> Example 2:
>
> $string = 'Filtro' = t('!noun Filter', array('!noun' => ''));
>
> Blessings!
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 10:18 PM, José San Martin <jz.sanmartin at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> As a language with poor morphology, English sometimes does not
>> distinguish verbs from nouns. Filter, Upload, Archive, Link, Update,
>> Post... and many other words that are used in Drupal. Other languages
>> are a more morphology-heavy and when we translate Drupal to other
>> languages this ambiguity may be a problem. Take Upload, for instance.
>> There is a button "Upload", but there is also a module "Upload".
>> There's the need to use different words.
>>
>> It's not an exclusivity for noun/verbs, though. "Order" is one thing
>> in Views, and another thing in Ubercart. The shorter the string, the
>> easier it is to exist this kind of ambiguity.
>>
>> There is already the use in Drupal core of string context. The blank
>> variable in "!long-month-name May" is used distinguish "May" in the
>> series "January, February.." to "May" in the series "Jan, Feb...".
>> This very pattern could be used elsewhere: "!noun Filter" would be
>> different from "!verb Filter", so that we could translate "Filtro" and
>> "Filtrar",  respectively, or "Filter" and "filtern".
>>
>> What do you think? Is this a good approach or something more radical
>> should be done to support contexts? Perhaps a fourth symbol -
>> #context, instead of "!, @, %"  , to make it mor organized? There is
>> still time to fix Drupal 7.
>>
>> See you,
>>
>> José San Martin
>> Brazilian translator
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>
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Fernando P. García, http://www.develcuy.com
Developer - Analista de Sistemas
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