[etoys-dev] Translation of strings with arguments

[Bert Freudenberg]

Hi folks,

I just noticed a problem in the new strings for translation. This way of assembling a string makes it very hard for translators:

    attachmentEdgeString
        ^ 'choose attachment edge'  translated, ' (', 'now' translated, ' ', attachmentEdge asString translated, ')'

The proper way would be using the #format: message:

    attachmentEdgeString
        ^ 'choose attachment edge (now {1})' translated format: {attachmentEdge asString translated}

Below are three instances of this problem I noticed, but possibly there are more - you know best what you added, so please fix it, too ;)

- Bert -

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+#: Etoys-Scripting_Support,FollowingWatcher>>addCustomMenuItems:hand:
+msgid "currently"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: Etoys-Scripting_Support,FollowingWatcher>>addCustomMenuItems:hand:,FollowingWatcher>>chooseOffset
+msgid "offset"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: Etoys-Scripting_Support,FollowingWatcher>>attachmentEdgeString
+msgid "choose attachment edge"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: Etoys-Scripting_Support,FollowingWatcher>>attachmentEdgeString
+msgid "now"
+msgstr ""
+

+#: Etoys-Scripting,NewVariableDialogMorph>>askUserForNewType
+msgid ""
+"Choose the TYPE\n"
+"for {1}\n"
 msgstr ""
 
+#: Etoys-Scripting,NewVariableDialogMorph>>askUserForNewType
+msgid ""
+"\n"
+"(currently {2})"
+msgstr ""
+