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Description of problem:
When translating a msgid that contains \n characters, this usually means that the string is long and that return characters are strategically placed so as to help the message display nicely on the width of the screen.
For example, the translator for LANG=de_DE did not include the newline characters in the msgstr for the following translation. See the attached screenshot for the consequences...
msgid ""
"Redeeming the subscription may take a few minutes.\n"
"Please provide an email address to receive notification\n"
"when the redemption is complete."
msgstr "Das Einlösen der Subskription kann ggf. einige Minuten dauern. Bitte geben Sie eine E-Mail-Adresse an, an die eine Benachrichtigung gesendet werden kann, sobald die Subskription erfolgreich eingelöst wurde."
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
[root@jsefler-r63-server ~]# rpm -q subscription-manager
subscription-manager-0.99.19-1.el6.x86_64
Expected results:
The pofilter newlines test should be used by the translators to avoid these issues.
Additional info:
http://translate.sourceforge.net/wiki/toolkit/pofilter_tests#newlines
Created attachment 586964[details]
Redemption Dialog displayed in a language that fails the pofilter newlines test (renders ugly)
This screenshot demonstrates a consequence when the translator neglects to put \n characters in strategic positions to geometrically match the msgid.
The two msgids which are the most troublesome are the following since they are displayed in the GUI:
msgid ""
"Redeeming the subscription may take a few minutes.\n"
"Please provide an email address to receive notification\n"
"when the redemption is complete."
msgid ""
"We have detected that you have multiple service level\n"
"agreements on various products. Please select how you\n"
"want them assigned."
Comment 4RHEL Program Management
2012-05-30 05:48:12 UTC
This request was not resolved in time for the current release.
Red Hat invites you to ask your support representative to
propose this request, if still desired, for consideration in
the next release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
(In reply to comment #3)
> msgid ""
> "We have detected that you have multiple service level\n"
> "agreements on various products. Please select how you\n"
> "want them assigned."
For rhel64, this msgid has changed to the following and therefore compounds the problem because the first newline character has been removed. See bug 825388
msgid ""
"We have detected that you have multiple service levels on various products. Please select how you\n"
"want them assigned."
[root@jsefler-6 ~]# rpm -q subscription-manager
subscription-manager-1.1.15-1.el6.x86_64