What does it mean #-#-#-#-# misc.po...?

l10n
#1

Hi I've noticed that the Swedish translation files in Pootle contains a lot of strings that looks something like this:

Replace

#-#-#-#-# misc.po (PACKAGE VERSION) #-#-#-#-#\n
~Ersätt\n
#-#-#-#-# src.po (PACKAGE VERSION) #-#-#-#-#\n
Ersätt\n
#-#-#-#-# dialogs.po (PACKAGE VERSION) #-#-#-#-#\n
Ersätt\n
#-#-#-#-# tabpages.po (PACKAGE VERSION) #-#-#-#-#\n
Ersättning\n
#-#-#-#-# app.po (PACKAGE VERSION) #-#-#-#-#\n
Ersätt\n
#-#-#-#-# basicide.po (PACKAGE VERSION) #-#-#-#-#\n
Ersätt\n
#-#-#-#-# editeng.po (PACKAGE VERSION) #-#-#-#-#\n
Ersätt\n
#-#-#-#-# propctrlr.po (PACKAGE VERSION) #-#-#-#-#\n
Ersätt\n
#-#-#-#-# items.po (PACKAGE VERSION) #-#-#-#-#\n
Ersätt

Why?
Should I fix it so it is only one translation left?

Sorry if it is a stupid question I'm kind of new to this, and don't want to mess things up.

#2

It lets you know that the same string has different translation in other
files.

Something these differences are OK due to context and sometimes they're just
wrong and should be fixed for consistency.

Kaplan

#3

It lets you know that the same string has different translation in other
files.

Something these differences are OK due to context and sometimes they're just
wrong and should be fixed for consistency.

OK, then I'll give them a closer look and replace them with the best choice.

Thanks
Niklas

#4

Op Do, 2011-09-15 om 13:47 +0200 skryf Niklas Johansson:

Hi I've noticed that the Swedish translation files in Pootle contains a
lot of strings that looks something like this:

Replace

#-#-#-#-# misc.po (PACKAGE VERSION) #-#-#-#-#\n
~Ersätt\n
#-#-#-#-# src.po (PACKAGE VERSION) #-#-#-#-#\n
Ersätt\n
#-#-#-#-# dialogs.po (PACKAGE VERSION) #-#-#-#-#\n
Ersätt\n
#-#-#-#-# tabpages.po (PACKAGE VERSION) #-#-#-#-#\n
Ersättning\n
#-#-#-#-# app.po (PACKAGE VERSION) #-#-#-#-#\n
Ersätt\n
#-#-#-#-# basicide.po (PACKAGE VERSION) #-#-#-#-#\n
Ersätt\n
#-#-#-#-# editeng.po (PACKAGE VERSION) #-#-#-#-#\n
Ersätt\n
#-#-#-#-# propctrlr.po (PACKAGE VERSION) #-#-#-#-#\n
Ersätt\n
#-#-#-#-# items.po (PACKAGE VERSION) #-#-#-#-#\n
Ersätt

Why?

When migrating files to a new version, it got different possibilities
from the previous translations, and gave them as suggestions with an
indication of the files it came from.

Should I fix it so it is only one translation left?

You definitely need to edit the string where you found these to only
contain a single translation for the English text shown at the string.
If you see a suggestion that has a mistake, you can search in Pootle for
the place where that translation was used and fix it there.

Friedel

#5

Hi I've noticed that the Swedish translation files in Pootle contains a
lot of strings that looks something like this:

Replace

#-#-#-#-# misc.po (PACKAGE VERSION) #-#-#-#-#\n
~Ersätt\n
#-#-#-#-# src.po (PACKAGE VERSION) #-#-#-#-#\n
Ersätt\n
#-#-#-#-# dialogs.po (PACKAGE VERSION) #-#-#-#-#\n
Ersätt\n
#-#-#-#-# tabpages.po (PACKAGE VERSION) #-#-#-#-#\n
Ersättning\n
#-#-#-#-# app.po (PACKAGE VERSION) #-#-#-#-#\n
Ersätt\n
#-#-#-#-# basicide.po (PACKAGE VERSION) #-#-#-#-#\n
Ersätt\n
#-#-#-#-# editeng.po (PACKAGE VERSION) #-#-#-#-#\n
Ersätt\n
#-#-#-#-# propctrlr.po (PACKAGE VERSION) #-#-#-#-#\n
Ersätt\n
#-#-#-#-# items.po (PACKAGE VERSION) #-#-#-#-#\n
Ersätt

Why?

When migrating files to a new version, it got different possibilities
from the previous translations, and gave them as suggestions with an
indication of the files it came from.

Should I fix it so it is only one translation left?

You definitely need to edit the string where you found these to only
contain a single translation for the English text shown at the string.
If you see a suggestion that has a mistake, you can search in Pootle for
the place where that translation was used and fix it there.

Good to know.

Thanks
Niklas

#6

I was also so them and used to just delete the whole and re translate...
helpful tip
thanks