From 3714fbcb45dcd523ceb99610fe90b43b49a02e67 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bagas Sanjaya Date: Mon, 17 May 2021 19:40:38 +0700 Subject: [PATCH] l10n: README: note on fuzzy translations Fuzzy translation problem can occur when updating translations. Signed-off-by: Bagas Sanjaya Signed-off-by: Jiang Xin --- po/README.md | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/po/README.md b/po/README.md index f6f376eedf..2fd92cca04 100644 --- a/po/README.md +++ b/po/README.md @@ -159,6 +159,18 @@ in the po/ directory, where XX.po is the file you want to update. Once you are done testing the translation (see below), commit the result and ask the l10n coordinator to pull from you. +Fuzzy translation +----------------- + +Fuzzy translation is a translation marked by comment "fuzzy" to let you +know that the translation is out of date because the "msgid" has been +changed. A fuzzy translation will be ignored when compiling using "msgfmt". +Fuzzy translation can be marked by hands, but for most cases they are +marked automatically when running "msgmerge" to update your "XX.po" file. + +After fixing the corresponding translation, you must remove the "fuzzy" +tag in the comment. + Testing your changes --------------------