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Re: Inconsistencies in Tortoise.pot (note)

From: Jan Normann Nielsen <lists_at_dubbekarl.dk>
Date: 2006-03-05 13:24:22 CET

Hey

I should note that my suggested changes are based on the 1.3.x branch.
The changes required to the trunk may be different.

Best wishes,
Jan
> Hi guys
>
> I was just reading through the Danish translation to clean it up and
> fix some errors, and I stumbled over some inconsistencies in the use
> of english terms/spelling.
>
>
> 1. Both of the phrases "ignore list" and "ignored list" are used. I
> think we should only use the first, therefore we need to change the
> following msgid's:
>
> msgid "Could not remove %s from the ignored list"
> msgid "Removed the file(s)\n%s\nfrom the ignored list."
>
>
> 2. Both of the phrases "version control" and "source control" are
> used. I don't think the last phrase makes any sense, therefore we
> should change the following msgid's:
>
> msgid "Deletes files / folders from source control"
> msgid "Renames files / folders inside source control"
>
>
> 3. The words "mime type", "mimetype" and "mime-type" are all used. We
> should choose one. The following msgid's are inconsistent:
>
> msgid "SVN mime-type"
> msgid "Shows the mime type of the versioned file"
> msgid "svn:mime-type\nThe mimetype of the file. Used to determine
> whether to merge the file, and how to serve it from Apache. A mimetype
> beginning with 'text/' (or an absent mimetype) is treated as text.
> Anything else is treated as binary."
>
>
> 4. Capitalization of the words "Save as" is inconsistent. Two of the
> following four msgid's should be enough:
>
> msgid "Save &As..."
> msgid "Save &as..."
> msgid "Save As"
> msgid "Save as..."
>
>
> 5. The abbreviations "URL", "url" and "Url" are all used. We should
> choose one (the first, I think). The following msgid's should be changed:
>
> msgid "SVN Url"
> msgid "SVN short Url"
> msgid "Short Url of Subversion items"
> msgid "The path/url you've entered seems to be illegal on
> Windows!\nYou can try it anyway, but you might get an error
> later.\n\nA valid path on windows must not contain '<>|\"?*:' or one
> of the following device names:\ncom1-com9, lpt1-lpt9, prn, aux, con,
> nul, clock$"
> msgid "The target url\n%s\nalready exists!"
> msgid "Url"
> msgid "Url:"
>
> Best wishes,
> Jan
>

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