[Evolution] Bug#383631: evolution: [ro_RO] bad translation on message "error while receiving mail"

Eddy Petrisor eddy at bitdefender.com
Fri Aug 18 12:57:56 UTC 2006


Package: evolution
Version: 2.6.2-4
Severity: minor

Hello,

I am not sure if this translation error occured because the translation
was done unproperly or because the way evolution's error messages are
constructed. In either case things could be improved.


If messages are concatenated and the second part while showing the
progress during the operation, then I suggest adding comments on those
strings to point that they are used in those two contexts.

"Error while %s" + the string "receiving mail" results in a valid
phrase in a language like English, and allows the usage of the second
string to show the status while receiving mail, but it is NOT valid in
Romanian, and I am afraid that in some languages there is no way of
writing the strings so that they fit in both situations.

If this is the case (message is composed as above) the severity and
title should be changed to normal respectively "please allow translators
to translate/do not concatenate strings that way".



See attached image for the bad transaltion.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (800, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-2-686
Locale: LANG=ro_RO.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=ro_RO.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages evolution depends on:
ii  dbus                       0.62-4        simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  evolution-common           2.6.2-4       architecture independent files for
ii  evolution-data-server      1.6.2-3       evolution database backend server
ii  gconf2                     2.14.0-4      GNOME configuration database syste
ii  gnome-icon-theme           2.14.2-1      GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii  gtkhtml3.8                 3.10.2-1      HTML rendering/editing library - b
ii  libart-2.0-2               2.3.17-1      Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libatk1.0-0                1.12.1-1      The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libaudiofile0              0.2.6-6       Open-source version of SGI's audio
ii  libavahi-client3           0.6.11-1      Avahi client library
ii  libavahi-common3           0.6.11-1      Avahi common library
ii  libavahi-glib1             0.6.11-1      Avahi glib integration library
ii  libbonobo2-0               2.14.0-1      Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libbonoboui2-0             2.14.0-3      The Bonobo UI library
ii  libc6                      2.3.6-15      GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcairo2                  1.2.2-1       The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libcamel1.2-8              1.6.2-3       The Evolution MIME message handlin
ii  libdbus-1-2                0.62-4        simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2           0.62-4        simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libebook1.2-5              1.6.2-3       Client library for evolution addre
ii  libecal1.2-6               1.6.2-3       Client library for evolution calen
ii  libedataserver1.2-7        1.6.2-3       Utility library for evolution data
ii  libedataserverui1.2-6      1.6.2-3       GUI utility library for evolution 
ii  libegroupwise1.2-9         1.6.2-3       Client library for accessing group
ii  libesd0                    0.2.36-3      Enlightened Sound Daemon - Shared 
ii  libexchange-storage1.2-1   1.6.2-3       Backend library for evolution cale
ii  libfontconfig1             2.3.2-7       generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6               2.2.1-2       FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libgconf2-4                2.14.0-4      GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libgcrypt11                1.2.2-3       LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr
ii  libglade2-0                1:2.5.1-2     library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0               2.10.3-3      The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-keyring0          0.4.9-1       GNOME keyring services library
ii  libgnome-pilot2            2.0.12-1.6    Support libraries for gnome-pilot
ii  libgnome2-0                2.14.1-2      The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0          2.14.0-2      A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgnomeprint2.2-0         2.12.1-6      The GNOME 2.2 print architecture -
ii  libgnomeprintui2.2-0       2.12.1-4      GNOME 2.2 print architecture User 
ii  libgnomeui-0               2.14.1-2      The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgnomevfs2-0             2.14.2-1      GNOME virtual file-system (runtime
ii  libgnutls13                1.4.2-1       the GNU TLS library - runtime libr
ii  libgpg-error0              1.2-1         library for common error values an
ii  libgtk2.0-0                2.8.18-1      The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libgtkhtml3.8-15           3.10.2-1      HTML rendering/editing library - r
ii  libhal1                    0.5.7-2       Hardware Abstraction Layer - share
ii  libice6                    1:1.0.0-3     X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libjpeg62                  6b-13         The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG 
ii  libldap2                   2.1.30-13+b1  OpenLDAP libraries
ii  libnm-glib0                0.6.3-2       network management framework (GLib
ii  libnotify1                 0.4.0-1       sends desktop notifications to a n
ii  libnspr4-0d                1.8.0.4-1     NetScape Portable Runtime Library
ii  libnss3-0d                 1.8.0.4-1     Network Security Service libraries
ii  liborbit2                  1:2.14.0-2    libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpango1.0-0              1.12.3-1+b1   Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpisock8                 0.11.8-24     Library for communicating with a P
ii  libpisync0                 0.11.8-24     Synchronization library for PalmOS
ii  libpng12-0                 1.2.8rel-5.2  PNG library - runtime
ii  libpopt0                   1.10-2        lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii  libsm6                     1:1.0.0-4     X11 Session Management library
ii  libsoup2.2-8               2.2.96-1      an HTTP library implementation in 
ii  libtasn1-3                 0.3.5-2       Manage ASN.1 structures (runtime)
ii  libx11-6                   2:1.0.0-8     X11 client-side library
ii  libxcursor1                1.1.5.2-5     X cursor management library
ii  libxext6                   1:1.0.0-4     X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxfixes3                 1:3.0.1.2-4   X11 miscellaneous 'fixes' extensio
ii  libxi6                     1:1.0.0-5     X11 Input extension library
ii  libxinerama1               1:1.0.1-4     X11 Xinerama extension library
ii  libxml2                    2.6.26.dfsg-3 GNOME XML library
ii  libxrandr2                 2:1.1.0.2-4   X11 RandR extension library
ii  libxrender1                1:0.9.0.2-4   X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  zlib1g                     1:1.2.3-13    compression library - runtime

Versions of packages evolution recommends:
ii  evolution-plugins             2.6.2-4    standard plugins for Evolution
ii  gnome-desktop-data            2.14.2-2   Common files for GNOME 2 desktop a
pn  gnome-pilot-conduits          <none>     (no description available)
pn  spamassassin                  <none>     (no description available)
ii  yelp                          2.14.2-2   Help browser for GNOME 2

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