[GNC-dev] Simple Start to Contributing; Message Recycling

Fri Jul 15 23:16:01 EDT 2022

Hi Paul,

welcome!

Am 16.07.22 um 01:03 schrieb John Ralls:
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> 
>> On Jul 15, 2022, at 10:58 AM, Paul Kroitor <paul at kroitor.ca> wrote:
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>> 5.	I understand that the localizations will happen semi-automatically
>> by a different team, but is there a way to use a common instance of the base
>> (English) text constant so they don't have to re-translate strings that are
>> already there (e.g. the "Show Accounts as Hyperlinks" string is already in a
>> half-dozen other scheme files, and thus will have already been translated
>> into many languages)?
> 
> Nothing automatic. You can look at and search the existing translation files in po/ to find existing strings that might work for you.
:
Instructions and tips are in https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/I18N. In
General Thoughts:Conventions:Recycle already existing strings are also
instrutions to get a dictionary of already used messages.

Regards
Frank