On 01/30/2014 09:17 AM, intrigeri wrote:
> Hi,
>
> intrigeri wrote (21 Jan 2014 12:25:20 GMT) :
>>>> Also, the OK button text should be something more specific, such as
>>>> "Scour" (since it's apparently the new terminology; too bad many
>>>> non-native speakers likely don't know what this means).
>>> The reason of the apparition of this new terminology (Apart from
>>> enriching my English vocabulary) is actually to help translators.
>>> The MAT used to use the word "Clean", both as a verb/action, and as a
>>> state. Now, the action is named "Scour", and the state "Clean"
>
>> Yes, I know the reason, I was the one who reported this issue.
>> Aren't there ways to tell Python/gettext/whatever that two strings are
>> really different from each other, and should result in two entries in
>> the PO files, even if they are built from the same chars? If it was
>> possible, then it would avoid using uncommon vocabulary, which matters
>> very much for languages that have no translation yet.
>
> Ping?
Sorry, for the delay:
Currently, it doesn't seems that Python supports such feature. There is
a pending patch (
http://bugs.python.org/issue2504) to implement it.
I could try to hack something, but I'm not sure that this is the way to go.
