Details
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Improvement
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Status: Closed
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Major
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Resolution: Fixed
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10.10.1.1
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None
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Normal
Description
The MessageBuilder program turns messages.xml into two output files:
1) The DITA source for the Reference Guide section on error messages.
2) The messages_en.properties file of engine messages.
All of the translators I have dealt with want to use (2) as the English input for their translations. I believe this is because translators have written their own tools and those tools expect to work on properties files.
Messages may have arguments. Those arguments appear as sub-elements of the messages in messages.xml. The arguments turn up in (1) but are thrown away when MessageBuilder produces (2). We can help translators do a better job by also writing the arguments as comments in (2).
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Issue Links
- relates to
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DERBY-5832 Localize messages introduced or changed in 10.9.1
- Closed
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DERBY-5879 Fix problems in English messages disclosed by a localization audit.
- Closed