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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] More i18n fixes
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On Monday, 21 March 2022 20:03:46 CET Junio C Hamano wrote:
> =C6var Arnfj=F6r=F0 Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> writes:
>=20
> >> Disclaimer: neither am I a translator nor a user of a translated Git.
> >
> > Just to add to this:
> >
> >  - Careful use of sentence lego is OK, but e.g. in my native language a
> >    command-line option would use a male noun article, whereas commands
> >    would be feminine.
>=20
> Hmph, if we gather wisdom from folks with different native languages
> and varying rules, I am unsure that we still can say that "careful"
> use of sentence lego is OK.
>=20

To me, this is not sentence lego because:
 * the placeholders are replacing constant strings that won't have declensi=
ons=20
or grammatical agreements
 * the placeholders are linked to content where the variables have the same=
=20
type, which makes them have the same genre for each language. This is the c=
ase=20
for commands, options, env variables,...

Given these prerequisites, there's nothing that needs careful lego, because=
=20
there is no risk at all. The only needed refinement, which I haven't addres=
sed=20
in this series,  is making it clear for the translator what the placeholder=
 is=20
referring to in order to get the wording correct.