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Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/13] revert: Propogate errors upwards from
 do_pick_commit
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 12:19:47 -0700
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Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> writes:

>> +	if (res < 0)
>> +		die(_("%s failed"), me);
>> +	return 0;
>
> Should the "revert" or "cherry-pick" here be part of the message
> marked for translation?  A translator might want to paraphrase to
>
> 	fatal: failed to cherry-pick
>
> if that is more natural in the language at hand.

Wouldn't such a message file simply say

	msgid "%s failed"
        msgstr "failed to %s"

IOW, I am not sure what problem you are seeing.