[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#4157) String issue in translatable string (S1_14)

["ChrisK@xxxxxxxx" <ChrisK@xxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Jul 11, 2003 at 07:47:10AM -0700, Jason Short wrote:
> 
> [guest - Sun May  4 22:04:20 2003]:
> 
> > #: server/stdinhand.c:474
> > msgid ""
> > "When a player founds a new city, it is checked if there is no other
> > city in "
> > "citymindist distance. For example, if citymindist is 3, there have to
> > be at "
> > "least two empty fields between two cities every direction. If it is set
> > to 0 "
> > "(default), it is overwritten by the current ruleset when the game
> starts."
> > 
> > Should be "For example, if citymindist is 3, there *has* to be at" (not
> > very sure about this one as I'm not a native english speaker).
> > 
> > Should be "least two empty fields between two cities *in* every
> > direction." (missing "in").
> 
> Fixing this (adding the "in") means breaking existing translations.  Is
> this worthwhile?

Not, if a longer paragraph like this is involved. Translators need to go to
the whole text, and wonder what changed.

Christian

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