Re: [Gaim-i18n] Search comment for Jabber is not translatable

[Etan R. <de...@ed...>]

On Sun, 26 Mar 2006, Richard Laager wrote:

> On Sun, 2006-03-26 at 14:21 +0200, Bjoern Voigt wrote:
>> How should we deal with the original English text message?
>>
>> I see some possible solutions:
>>
>> (1) leave it as is
>>
>> (2) explain the user that this is a Jabber server comment
>>
>>     (something like: _("Jabber server comment: ") + instructions)
>
> (2) is superior to (1). I've just committed something like that. We'll
> see how people like that.
>
>> (3) don't use the server comment, only use Gaim's own comment
>
> I don't like this; it throws away useful data.
>
>> (4) write a dummy translation string for this message
>
>>     This only makes sense, if the server search comment is more or less
>>     a standard comment.
>
> I think this might be okay for a couple really popular default strings,
> but it's also something that could quickly get out of control. Also,
> where do you draw the line?
>
>> (5) inform the Jabber maintainers about the problem
>
> This would probably require some sort of language negotiation between
> the client and the server and the server would need to have lots of
> strings configured. Unless someone who knows more about Jabber than me
> thinks it's futile, I'd say it's worth mentioning, but I doubt it'll get
> us anywhere, at least in the short term.
>
> Richard

This "problem" of server messages not being translated into the correct 
localized language, and what to do about that came up on one of the 
jabber mailing lists somewhat recently. I don't recall if any sort of 
outcome was reached though. If I find time I'll go look for it, other 
people should of course feel free to find it before I get a chance.

As to (5) there are a large number of jabber servers, with a large 
number of maintainers. Getting them to agree on any single string for 
instructions is not likely to be easy (since they likely have much 
different features and presentations for things). Which isn't to say you 
shouldn't try to talk to some of them, just that I'm not sure how useful 
any talking will be. (Especially since I can't really see how they are 
going to solve the problem.)

 	-Etan