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how to handle duplicate strings in translation

Asked by blittan

In our language files we have several string using the same meaning. We do not nativly use .po files , but converts our xml based files to be able to make use of your online translation service.

We have

  <string id="766">Reserved</string>
  <string id="767">Reserved</string>
  <string id="768">Reserved</string>
  <string id="769">Reserved</string>

which when converted to .po gives the error duplicate message definition.

Is there someway to workaround this?

Thanks in advance, blittan

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Best Adi Roiban (adiroiban) said : 		#1

Hm

What converter are you using?

In this case you should use the "context" feature from gettext. You can see an explanation and usage example here: http://leonardof.org/2007/12/01/context-in-gnome-translations/en/

In this case you should modify your xml to po convert to add context for those strings or you can manualy edit the po file before uploading it to Launchpad.

Cheers

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blittan (blittan) said : 		#2

Thanks, this solved my issues.

I am using a converter written by myself.

Can use msgctxt "id_number" as a unique string.

Much appriciated.

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blittan (blittan) said : 		#3

Thanks Adi Roiban, that solved my question.