Re: New strings, doubt if they can be localized properly

On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 9:41 AM, Lübbe Onken <luebbe.tortoisesvn_at_gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> in the latest .po files there are quite a few new strings in the
> following style:
>
> #. Resource IDs: (32779)
> msgid "&Go To Line...\t(Ctrl+G)"
> msgstr "&Gehe zu Zeile…\t(Strg+G)"
>
> #. Resource IDs: (32773)
> msgid "&Open\t(Ctrl+O)"
> msgstr "&Öffnen\t(Strg+O)"
>
> #. Resource IDs: (32772)
> msgid "&Overlay images\t(O)"
> msgstr "Bilder &überlagern\t(O)"
>
> and so on. Does the character (sometimes combined with Ctrl) indicate yet
> another hot key for the function? Take the last example. Does this mean we
> can activate the function either by <Alt>+<O>, indicated via the ampersand
> *and* by typing just <O>? Or is the '(O)' just a repetition of the '&O' and
> if so, why?
>

If there's only the "(O)", then simply pressing the O-key is enough. Even
if the menu isn't shown - it's a hotkey.

>
> You see the problem in the localization. The translated '<Alt>+<#>' may be
> different from '(#)'
>
> There's also a dubious resource string:
>
> #. Resource IDs: (59393)
> msgid "&amp;Status Bar"
> msgstr ""
>
> how should this be translated?!? Is this seriously an '&amp;' or should it
> just be a simple '&'? :-)
>
>
not sure, I'll have to check...

Stefan

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