[phpesp-dev] protocol for adding new text to an existing translation

[Bishop B. <ph...@id...>]

Team,

What is the protocol for adding to a string that already has a translation?

For example, the message catalog string is this:
"Enter the possible answers (if applicable). Enter !other on an line  
by itself to create a fill-in-the-blank answer at the end of this  
question. Any blank lines will be suppressed."

I want to make it something like:
"Enter the possible answers (if applicable). Enter !other on an line  
by itself to create a fill-in-the-blank answer at the end of this  
question. Any blank lines will be suppressed.

If you want to provide feedback to the user after they choose one of  
these answers, enter it below.  Answers without feedback will not be  
shown."


I see two approaches:
1. Create a new entry in the message catalog, and then let the usual  
translation take over.
2. Tack the English version right onto the existing, even those that  
are translated.

The net effect is the same until someone provides a translation:  
English pops up in the middle of an otherwise translated page.  My  
inclination, since they are visually equivalent, is to just tack them  
on to the translations.

Thoughts?
bishop

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