[i18n] Problems with strings containing substitution parameters

Joaquim Homrighausen joho at webbplatsen.se
Tue Feb 14 06:05:02 PST 2006



I just switched language to Deutsch (German) and I still see "Joaquim 
Homrighausen's Calendar", the German translation should be "Joaquim 
Homrighausens kalender".

Could the literal "Joaquim Homrighausen's Calendar" be stored somewhere, 
before Horde/Kronolith used tagged personal calendars?



Joaquim Homrighausen wrote:

> Did anyone have any thoughts on this?
> 
> I see it in Kronolith also, instead of "Joaquim Homrighausens kalender", 
> I see "Joaquim Homrighausen's Calendar". This too is a string with 
> parameter substitution ("%s's Calendar")..
> 
> 
> -joho
> 
> 
> Joaquim Homrighausen wrote:
> 
>> Just retrieved current CVS for passwd, because I thought I'd get it to 
>> work better with vpopmail.
>>
>> Anyway, I decided to update its sv_SE translation and ran into a weird 
>> problem. Strings that have parameters in them are not properly retrieved 
>> from the gettext-po, others are.
>>
>> This isn't:
>>
>> msgid "Failure in changing password on %s: %s"
>> msgstr "Misslyckades med att ändra lösenord på %s: %s"
>>
>> Passwd still displays the top string
>> (I've verified this with many strings, it's not a case of a misspelled word)




More information about the i18n mailing list