[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Message translation problem

["Pieter J. Kersten" <kersten@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 5 Oct 2001, Jason Dorje Short wrote:

> "Pieter J. Kersten" wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm having troubles with a string that doesn't get translated in the
> > software. I'm speaking of the string 'Great philosophers...'. Since the
> > addition of the string 'Great scientists...' which is almost identical,
> > the string ends up in plain english. The message *is* translated however
> > in the nl.po file. No matter what I change, this problem stands. Right
> > now, I'me clueless.
> >
> > Can someone help me with this?
>
> I see no string "Great philopophers..."
>

It is in data/default/techs.ruleset line 409.

> The "Great scientists..." string seems to be generated by the server and
> sent to all clients after translation.  I don't know how the server
> attempts to handle translation.  (It's in server/plrhand.c/320.)
>

I've seen that, and I've never seen that string or its translation during
playing. Perhaps that's another part of the problem.

> jason
>

Thanx for your effort,
-- 
Pieter J. Kersten