Translation issue: use of "%s"

From: Jean-Michel POURE <jm(dot)poure(at)freesurf(dot)fr>
To: pgadmin-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Translation issue: use of "%s"
Date: 2003-06-13 13:10:03
Message-ID: 200306131510.03265.jm.poure@freesurf.fr
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Dear friends,

Just a small remark about translation. The string "Create a new %s" cannot be
translated into several languages.

1) In French, "new" will be translated "nouveau", "nouvelle" or "nouvel".
Writing "nouveau/nouvel/nouvelle" is tedious. Nearly all European languages,
except English are impacted.

2) In some other languages, strings can be aggregated in a single word (like
in Hungarian and German). Making the translation ***clearly*** impossible.

Therefore, "%s" should rarely be used, except for the integration of
invariable strings.

3) Examples
-> working strings:
"Connected to database: %s"
"Username: %s"
"User \"%s\" was disconnected"

-> non-working strings:
"Click on the %s button"
"The thread was aborted because %s"
etc...

Just my 0.02 cents.
Cheers, Jean-Michel

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