[Freeciv-Dev] Re: po errors (PR#252)

[David Pfitzner <dwp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Stig Erik Sandoe <stig@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Thu, 3 Feb 2000, David Pfitzner wrote:
> 
> > I wrote the attached perl script [1] to check for some errors in
> > po file translations

> It seems pretty small, can you add it to the po-directory so it is
> readily available for later use.

Good idea -- will do.

Philippe Fremy <fremy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> By the way, if you like scripting, could you modify your script so that it
> checks: 
> 
> - that there is the same number of '\n' in english and in
> translation. I think that now, only strict necessary '\n' are included, so
> there should defenitely be the same number of them.

An earlier version did actually do this, but I got sick of
too many false positives so took it out.  Maybe as an option.

>  - when translation has many lines, check that there is a space somewhere
> betwen last word and new word. I mean, report this kind of problem: 
> "this is a nice" 
> "multiline translation" 
> that will give 
> "this is a nicemultiline translation" 
> because one translator did a small mistake.

Yep.

> - check that the last punctuation character in a translation is the same is
> in the original. We often forget some final points in translations

Maybe, although this could validly differ I think.
Maybe optional again.

> - check that when the first letter is capitilized in english, it is also the
> case in translation.

As someone else pointed out, this could generate lots of
false hits.

-- David