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Re: i18n, part 2
> Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 13:20:11 -0500
> From: Andrew Cagney <cagney@gnu.org>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>, gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com
>
> When I first asked about i18n on the ``help'' list, it was made very
> clear to me that not just the pot file, but the entire source code
> should be made available.
>
> That way the translators could more easily refer to the source code
> examine any text's original context.
It's fine to make the sources available, but we cannot assume that
translators know C (or any programming language, for that matter).
Even if they do know C, they might know nothing about the subject
matter, such as threads, and thus will be unable to understand what
the code does. Such talents are not requested from them, while other
talents, which are utterly irrelevant for a programmer, are.
That is why we should try to come up with message string catalog that
allows to produce decent translations without reading the code.
I'm still waiting for TP people to respond to my questions. If they
don't reply in a few more days, I will try alternative addresses.