Translation Team/i18n Best Practices: Difference between revisions

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When in doubt, use translator-comments: Added brief reference to msgctxt
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#: mathlib.py:74
#: mathlib.py:74
msgid "mul_sym"
msgid "mul_sym"
msgstr ""
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You can also use [http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/html_node/Contexts.html#Contexts msgctxt], which is better integrated with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Translation_memory Translation Memory] (T.M.). The output is in this form:
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#: string ID
msgctxt "button label"
msgid "Edit"
msgstr ""
msgstr ""
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