RE: i18n/locales hell

"Pablo Vieira" <listas-FYuJXz9k+h59uiUsa/[email protected]> Wed, 14 Jan 2004 15:55:53 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.linux.usability.annoyances
Message-ID <[email protected]>
I second this one. I'm Spanish.

I would go even further: some good translation standards should be studie=
d
and proposed. Since not always professional translators are involved in t=
he
translations there are too many terrible ones (and many very good ones to=
o,
don't get me wrong).

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> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: Dexter Filmore [mailto:[email protected]]
> Enviado el: mi=E9rcoles, 14 de enero de 2004 13:47
> Para: annoyances
> Asunto: [Annoyances] i18n/locales hell
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> So I'm not a native english speaker, I'm from germany.
> I write my private mails in german, I visit german chat rooms every now
> and
> then.
> Some files have special characters in it.
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> Special characters.
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> Namely: =F6=E4=FC=D6=C4=DC plus one KDE isn't capable of displaying rig=
ht now, and
> here's
> my point:
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> I'm bloody tired of it.
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> I want *ONE* system wide configuration for i18n/locales.
> But: I need to adjust i18n for: tty, X, xterm, gnome-terminal, KDE
> konsole,
> per application, for Gnome, for KDE, for god knows what.
> All my i18n was almost fine until yesterday when I decided to switch to
> KDE.
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> Version: 3.12
> FGCS d--(+)@ s-:+ a- C+++(++++) UL+>++++ P+>++ L+++>++++ E-- W++ N o? K=
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> w--(---) !O M+ V- PS++(+) PE(-) Y+ PGP(-) t++(---)@ 5 X+(++) R+(++) tv-=
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> (+)@
> b+(+++) DI+++ D G++ e* h>++ r%>* y?
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> http://www.againsttcpa.com - nothing fights like the opposition
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