[#350] - Confusion in the English language strings
- Closed
- 10 May 2014
- Medium
- Build: master
- # 350
Steps to reproduce the issue
- Go to Transifex
- Start translating the language strings
- Open the string Build help
Expected result
The text shown on issues.joomla.org for Build help which is "The version(s) of the project on which this issue is found." Now translators have no clue what the real text is that needs to be translated.
Actual result
The English description is Build help
System information (as much as possible)
Not applicable
Additional comments
The problem is that there are 5 language strings which are translated from English to English. Which you can see here:
https://github.com/joomla/jissues/blob/master/src/App/Tracker/g11n/en-GB/en-GB.Tracker.po
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@elkuku I am happy to report the issues I find as I see they are being taken serious ;)
As for the fix, I think it is acceptable because there are only 5 strings and language files are a living organism, they change all the time. It is better to see the real text than an invented language key for which we can't see its true colors.
| Status | New | ⇒ | Closed |
| Closed_Date | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | ⇒ | 2014-05-10 05:54:48 |
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I would suggest that we stop using invented language keys - meaning - change
https://github.com/joomla/jissues/blob/master/src/App/Tracker/g11n/templates/Tracker.pot#L96
to =>
etc.
I believe that should fix the issue.
The downside being obviously, that every change in the key would require an update of the other language files too...
Thanks again @roland-d for bringing this up. Please remember, that our language handling system is still very young and needs a lot of testing in the real world, so every issue report is very welcome?