[Koha-bugs] [Bug 6988] New: formatted strings get split in substrings for translation

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http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=6988

             Bug #: 6988
           Summary: formatted strings get split in substrings for
                    translation
    Classification: Unclassified
 Change sponsored?: ---
           Product: Koha
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P5
         Component: I18N/L10N
        AssignedTo: frederic at tamil.fr
        ReportedBy: gaetan.boisson at biblibre.com
         QAContact: koha-bugs at lists.koha-community.org


Formatted strings in English (typically with some words in bold) get split
around the formatted words. A sentence with one bold word or group of
consecutive words thus becomes 3 separate strings.

This behaviour makes it pretty difficult to work on this kind of sentence when
translating, as the translator has to search for the strings separately in the
translation tool.

Also this forces the translator to follow the same structure as the original
for the translated sentence (e.g. normal BOLD normal) which will not
necessarily work out in  the target language.

There are some examples in the right column ("notes") on the admin page at Home
› Tools › Import Patrons.

For instance in the last bullet point: "must", translated into French, will
have different forms according to what the subject is. It's plural here so it
would be "doivent", the translated sentence however has "doit" which is a
correct translation when the subject is singular. Finding the correct "doit" in
the tool to correct the translation is very impractical.

Another similar example can be found at Home › Tools › Patron Card Creator ›
Manage Images.

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