Conclusion about "Translation help for unit 40270452"?

l10n
#1

The string that begins with "With several legacy pre-ODF1.2 and ODF1.2-only
consumers out there..." is still not finally concluded or?

The latest mail is this:
http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/l10n/msg06126.html I think.

It would be nice to get it final before strings are pulled for the RC1
today.

Cheers,
Leif Lodahl

#2

Hi :slight_smile:
I think the we got close enough with;

"ODF 1.2 Extended (compat) is written to be more compatible with legacy software that still uses ODF 1.0 and 1.1, as well as with current
software that uses pure ODF 1.2 (ie 1.2 without the Extended
features)."

I was expecting people to change it around a bit but it seemed to be
close enough.  There had been a paragraph about specific examples of
"legacy" and "current" software but it probably is better to avoid being so specific.

<quote>

So if you're only using current versions of LibreOffice, you don't
need that compatibility format. But when you exchange/process
documents with non-LibreOffice (and non-OpenOffice, or just
ancient versions) software that doesn't understand ODF 1.2 format,
then this format will (probably) help.

</quote>

On the other hand the quote above helps us understand exactly what is being talked about and it's very easy for non-geeks to understand so maybe that
should be re-worked instead?  Perhaps to;

"If you're only using current versions of LibreOffice, you don't need the "ODF 1.2 Extended (compat)" format. But if you exchange/process documents with non-LibreOffice (and non-OpenOffice, or just ancient versions) software that doesn't understand ODF 1.2 format, then this format will (probably) help.  So, if you ever use ODF 1.0 or 1.1 or 1.2 (without the Extended features) then this compatibility format can be used instead."

Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#3

Hi,

The string that begins with "With several legacy pre-ODF1.2 and ODF1.2-only
consumers out there..." is still not finally concluded or?

The latest mail is this:
http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/l10n/msg06126.html I think.

It would be nice to get it final before strings are pulled for the RC1
today.

I pushed this a minute ago, I hope it will do:

The ODF 1.2 Extended (compat) mode is a more backward-compatible ODF
1.2 extended mode. It uses features that are deprecated in ODF1.2
and/or it is 'bug-compatible' to older OpenOffice.org versions. It may
be useful, if you need to interchange ODF documents with users, who
use pre-ODF1.2 or ODF1.2-only legacy applications.

Cheers,
Andras

#4

Hi :slight_smile:
Yes, i like that too.  In English perhaps tweaked to this?

"
The ODF 1.2 Extended (compat) mode is a more backward-compatible format.  It uses features that are deprecated in "ODF 1.2 (Extended)" and/or it is 'bug-compatible' to older OpenOffice.org versions.  It may be useful, if you need to interchange ODF documents with users, who use pre-ODF 1.2 (such as ODF 1.0 or ODF 1.1) legacy applications or ODF 1.2-only current applications.
"

From what i understood, but i could easily be wrong ...

1.  OpenOffice also uses the ODF 1.2 (Extended) doesn't it?  So there is no need to use a compatibility format if you are sharing documents with people using any version of AOO or with people using OOo 3.0 or maybe even slightly earlier.  You might need it for much earlier versions of OOo.

2.  Most programs using 1.2 will be "current" rather than "legacy".  Most wont have the "Extended" features of LibreOffice but will still be "current".  (hence why i deleted "legacy" from the end of that last sentence.  In English it looks like it's referring to 1.2 apps as being "legacy".

3.  MS Office 2007 and 2010 are examples of legacy apps that use ODF 1.1 but it's a good idea to avoid mentioning MS at all.  The hints are enough (hopefully).

So i think Andras' suggestion is good enough but a little tweaking makes it more precise? 
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile: