| [babel-dev] Adobe contribution import questions |
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Babel team, Babel Translators, I'm working on importing the Adobe contribution, and I'm encountering some 'what if's that I'd like to discuss: 1. If the Translation == The English String, should we ignore it? ========================================== My guess is 'yes', but please see (and comment on) this bug: https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=255700 2. Translation differences amongst professionals: who do we trust? =========================================== I happened to stumble upon this gem, in French: http://babel.eclipse.org/staging/translate.php?project=eclipse&version=3.4&file=org.eclipse.search/new%20search/org/eclipse/search2/internal/ui/SearchMessages.properties&string=MatchFilterSelectionDialog_label The Key is MatchFilterSelectionDialog_label, and the English value is Search Filters. Of course, without context [1], "search" could be a noun or a verb, but in this case, I think it means "Filters of Search" (noun), not "Please Search the Filters" (verb). Genie had a translation value of:"Filtres de recherche" (Filters of Search, noun), which likely came from the IBM 3.2 lang packs and, IMO, is correct. However, it was overwritten by the Adobe value "Rechercher les filtres" (Search the Filters, verb). So my question is: how do we deal with this? Here are some options I think can be useful: 1. We could tell the importer to not overwrite values that were translated by Genie. This could be bad, as since we've been running the syncup script, Genie's translations may not necessarily be correct, and in that case, the Adobe value should overwrite it. 2. We could tell the importer to not overwrite values that were translated by Genie and run future syncup as a non-Genie user account to distinguish both import and syncup actions. 3. We simply let Genie's values be overwritten, and consider this an isolated case. The language champions, and the general public, will notice the error and use the Server tool to revert the translation. I vote #3. [1] https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=246199 would be useful here. Denis --
Denis Roy Manager, IT Infrastructure Eclipse Foundation, Inc. -- http://www.eclipse.org/ Office: 613.224.9461 x224 (Eastern time) denis.roy@xxxxxxxxxxx |