Date: Sun, 22 May 2022 11:45:14 +0200 From: =?UTF-8?Q?Rodrigo_G=2E_L=C3=B3pez?= <rodrigosloop@gmail.com> To: "Danilo G. Baio" <dbaio@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-translators@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Parentheses and final stops Message-ID: <CA%2BcCjXqXTQ%2BoKGpCAQMkKxMG8nPtAcK7GsGnNMCg116Q7Az7VA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20220521232325.vhk723mouwfvoiif@t480.local> References: <CA%2BcCjXpqFMBZ3b5csNFMjRXfet33qokSCPaP10ySr%2BS-y6M3fg@mail.gmail.com> <20220521232325.vhk723mouwfvoiif@t480.local>
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thanks Danilo! On Sun, May 22, 2022 at 1:23 AM Danilo G. Baio <dbaio@freebsd.org> wrote: > > On Sat, May 21, 2022 at 09:14:45PM +0200, Rodrigo G. L=C3=B3pez wrote: > > Hi! > > > > I was wondering about the convention regarding > > final stops that are part of a parenthesized sentence. > > I'm inclined to follow Strunk's "put it before the > > closing parenthesis", but the Weblate editor > > complains about a "Mismatched final stop". > > > > What should I do? > > Hi Rodrigo. > > Weblate has plenty of Quality checks [1], and 'Mismatched full stop' [2] > is one. > It always tries to match translations with the source string. Depending > on the language, it's not always right, and sometimes you can ignore the > alert. > > When translating, I recommend you follow the structure same as the > source string, unless when it doesn't make sense in your language. > > And for all improvements/fixes you may find for the source string, one > advice is to save it for later (after translating the document, chapter, > etc.) and then submit everything you found together. And then, after > committing your patch, fix the translation because Weblate will mark > strings changed for review. > > Submitting improvements/fixes to the original documents is a fun part of > translations. =3D) > > Regards. > > 1 - https://docs.weblate.org/en/latest/user/checks.html#quality-checks > 2 - https://docs.weblate.org/en/latest/user/checks.html#mismatched-full-s= top > -- > Danilo G. Baio (dbaio)
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