Talk:I18n guidelines

A few things we need to fix on TranslateWiki to help keep things clear for all:


 * The .po file includes source code line and file references for each message to provide context; currently these don't seem to be available in TranslateWiki's interface -- which makes it harder to fill out the notes fields in TranslateWiki to help the translators!
 * include the source file comments in editor view
 * if possible have them link to source view on gitorious?
 * Test to confirm ngettext singular/plural(s) are handled in a way that makes sense in the editing UI; rumor is they should but we haven't had a chance to check it

We also need to see if there's a clear way on the gettext and the translatewiki's gettext view side for where the same source message text is used in contexts that may be translated differently...

There should also be better ways to handle making context clear... screen shots of UI would be very helpful at times, but we'd need some way to generate that on our end and push them up to translatewiki in bulk.

--brion 23:47, 8 November 2009 (UTC)