[Koha-translate] Few questions re translating on Pootle

[Chris Cormack]

2008/12/28 Selma Aslan <selmaslan at yahoo.co.uk>:
> Hi All
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> 1. Under "Show checks" for Turkish it reads
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> unchanged 51 strings (4%) failed
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> Since unchanged means the source & translation are the same, then I suppose
> there are some problematic strings in the original English version, and
> there is nothinh we can do about it. Is there?

Im not sure about this, ill check it out and get back to you.
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> 2. Should we really translate such a string:
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> %s/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?%s%s&format=atom
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> If yes, and if I translate it as follows, would it work:
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> %s/cgi-bin/koha/katalog-tarama.pl?%s%sbiçim=atom
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No, that won't work, leave any url fragments like the above the same,
ie just copy and submit. But don't change them.

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> Please note that the string may not show on all screens exactly as I have
> typed because of c with cedilla in bicim
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> Otherwise which parts of this string is expected to be translated?
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None of it, if you see any strings like this, just submit them unchanged.
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> 3. Can we use non-English characters such as s with cedilla in expressions
> where a few words are used together without space such as checkoutsystem in
> the following string, and should we also keep them together:
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> HELP with the self checkoutsystem
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> Which of the following would be correct for this string:
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> Proper Turkish expression:
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> Otomatik Ödünç & İade Sistemi için YARDIM
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> Spaces removed but Turkish characters used:
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> Otomatik ÖdünçİadeSistemi için YARDIM
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> No space no Turkish character:
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> Otomatik odunciadesistemi için YARDIM
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The first one :) It doesn't matter if you add spaces, so use what
would make the most sense to someone reading it in Turkish.
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> Seasons  Greetings to everybody
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>
And to you too, and a Happy new year

Chris