[Bf-translations-dev] i18n: contexts now available!

[Gabriel Gazzán]

Hi there:
Continuing with the troubled words list.

The words *Off *and *On *could be translated in many different ways,
depending on context too.
For example, I've found problems with Off in the way it is used in *Anisotropic
Filtering* (Blender User Preferences window > System tab) and in other
places such as in *DupliFrames* (Properties panel > Object tab >
Duplication group > Frames option)

I think it'd be a good thing to have independent strings for each
occurrence of that words or at least have several contexts for them.

Thanks for listening,
Gabriel


2012/3/6 Gabriel Gazzán <gabcorreo at gmail.com>

> I could not fine much time for hunting more occurences, but I'll do it.
> For now I see this ones
> Add > Metaball > "*Ball*", would be "Bola" or "Esfera" (both female)
> Rogid Body Joint constraint Pivot Type: *"Ball"* would be "Esférico"
> (male)
>
> but I suspect this one would already be differenciated by other contexts.
>
> Also Mirror is currently problematic, because it is used as Symmetry and
> as Reflection and in Spanish we would need one distinct word for each case.
> "Simetría" and "Reflexión", but could also be used as a name "a Mirror",
> and that would be "un Espejo".
>
> g
>
>
> 2012/3/5 Michael Färber <01mf02 at gmail.com>
>
>>
>>
>> On 03/03/2012 12:26 PM, Bastien Montagne wrote:
>>
>> In fact, rather than "noun", "verb" and "adjective" contexts (I doubt
>> the later would be much used, btw), I’d rather have an "operator"
>> context – theoretically, operators should always be verbs (as they *do*
>> something), while simple settings should always be nouns (as they *are*,
>> represent something). In your example, Group as verb should only be used
>> by grouping operator, while group as a noun should only be used by
>> settings controlling which groups are used/selected/etc. This would also
>> enforce good practices in labels themselves!
>>
>> Note also that we will have a default, not-named context, used for most
>> common cases (e.g. "Volume" as space would be generic context, while
>> "Volume" as sound would have it’s "Audio" context…).
>>
>> But agree this is a bit a tricky subject, as ideally we want to cover
>> all problems (in all languages!!!) with as few contexts as possible… So
>> let’s discuss a bit more, then I’ll start adding a few, most needed
>> contexts, and we’ll see how it goes, processing by tries and errors if
>> needed.
>>
>> Another idea, we could end having a few (3, 4 at most) holdall
>> "disambiguation" contexts, to be used for corner cases when we can’t
>> find a better solution…
>>
>>
>> I like the idea of having an "operator" context, I think represents more
>> closely the Blender terminology. :)
>> I agree with most that you said.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 03/03/2012 04:39 PM, Gabriel Gazzán wrote:
>>
>> I've found the fact that the English words doesn't determine the gender
>> of the term causing problems too.
>> For example "New (object)" in Spanish should be "Nuevo (objeto)", but
>> "New (texture)" should be "Nueva (textura)".
>> That makes the use of a single text string problematic for translating
>> into languages with similar gender structures as Spanish.
>>
>> Greetings,
>> g
>>
>>
>> Gabriel, that's a quite good point. Are there more examples like "New"?
>> Would it solve the problem to have a context for each occasion where "New"
>> appears? (A "World" context, a "Texture" context, ...)
>>
>> I created a small, incomplete list of ambiguous words:
>>
>>
>>    - Scale -> operator, noun
>>    - Render -> operator, noun
>>    - Group -> operator, noun
>>    - Fill -> operator, noun
>>    - Mirror -> operator, noun
>>    - Change -> operator, noun
>>    - Set -> operator, noun
>>
>>
>>
>>    - Manual -> noun, adjective
>>    - Light -> noun (sunlight), adjective (light fur)
>>     - Open -> operator, adjective
>>    - Clear -> operator, adjective
>>
>>
>>
>>    - Delete -> operator, key context (on keyboard)
>>    - None -> context for each individual situation? (see "New" above)
>>     - Volume -> no context (space), audio context
>>     - Rate -> no context, sampling context (or change to "Sampling Rate"
>>    in code?)
>>
>>
>> What do you think about these solutions?
>>
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Michael Färber
>>
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