Translation: strings need context for disambiguation

  • Resolved Alvaro Gois dos Santos

    (@alvarogois)


    8 years, 2 months ago

    ​Hi,

    In the last strings I had to translate, I’m detecting a lot of strings without a context cue to help translators and disambiguation.

    For example:

    %1$s Quiz
​Course: %1$s (#%2$d)
Lesson: %1$s (#%2$d)
​%1$d / %2$d points

    ​In some languages it’s rather difficult to translate this, for example, if you have masculine and feminine genders and no neutral, like English.

    We need a clue about what the variables stand for.

    Thanks.
    Best,
    Álvaro

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  • Thomas Patrick Levy

    (@thomasplevy)

    8 years, 2 months ago

    @alvarogois,

    Thanks for the feedback. I’ll make some updates around this in a future release.

    Best,

    Thomas Patrick Levy

    (@thomasplevy)

    8 years, 2 months ago

    %1$s Quiz

    %1$s = Title of the lesson a newly created quiz has been attached to. This is the default title of a quiz when creating a new quiz.

    ​Course: %1$s (#%2$d)

    %1$s = Title of the Course
    %2$d = WP Post ID of the Course

    Lesson: %1$s (#%2$d)

    %1$s = Title of the Lesson
    %2$d = WP Post ID of the Lesson

    ​%1$d / %2$d points

    %1$d = Awarded Points
    %2$d = Total available points

    This is when reviewing quiz results

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