# as convention for number in UI

[Jacques Le Roux]

Hi All,

I'm currently trying to validate, as much as possible, French translation. # is often used as the meaning of number. But it does not mean anything in French (and I suppose in some other languages too). I Propose to withdraw them and to possibly use them in labels translation instead.

WDYT ?

Jacques

[Adrian Crum]

Good idea. I see a lot of other things done that don't translate well, like:

${uiLabelMap.someAction} ${uiLabelMap.CommonFor} ${someEntity.fieldValue}

which assumes English syntax. It would be better to have the entire
string translated with placeholders in it.

-Adrian

Jacques Le Roux wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I'm currently trying to validate, as much as possible, French translation. # is often used as the meaning of number. But it does not mean anything in French (and I suppose in some other languages too). I Propose to withdraw them and to possibly use them in labels translation instead.
>
> WDYT ?
>
> Jacques

[Jacques Le Roux]

So if nobody complains I will go for it tomorrow and will try to report cases as the one underlined by Adrian and maybe change them
while at it.

Jacques

From: "Adrian Crum" <[hidden email]>

> Good idea. I see a lot of other things done that don't translate well, like:
>
> ${uiLabelMap.someAction} ${uiLabelMap.CommonFor} ${someEntity.fieldValue}
>
> which assumes English syntax. It would be better to have the entire string translated with placeholders in it.
>
> -Adrian
>
> Jacques Le Roux wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I'm currently trying to validate, as much as possible, French translation. # is often used as the meaning of number. But it does
>> not mean anything in French (and I suppose in some other languages too). I Propose to withdraw them and to possibly use them in
>> labels translation instead.
>>
>> WDYT ?
>>
>> Jacques
>

[Ray Barlow]

Any character or text on screen should be in the string files so it can
at least be translated or as Adrian mentioned even just moved around to
allow for non English style structural changes. It's one of those areas
that's all to ease for developers to forget if translations are not
something they have to deal with often.

Ray


Jacques Le Roux wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I'm currently trying to validate, as much as possible, French translation. # is often used as the meaning of number. But it does not mean anything in French (and I suppose in some other languages too). I Propose to withdraw them and to possibly use them in labels translation instead.
>
> WDYT ?
>
> Jacques
>