RE: [ros-diffs] [greatlrd] 21849: if u update En.rc please update all other langues files, use the english text if no translatesion is no t availbal, other wise it will bsd in windows or in reactos and we get di ffent functions on each langues. DO NOT DO T

[Murphy, Ged (Bolton)]

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> if u update En.rc please update all other langues files, use 
> the english text if no translatesion is not availbal, other 
> wise it will bsd in windows or in reactos and we get diffent 
> functions on each langues. DO NOT DO THIS MISTAKE

If it's just 1 or 2 lines, it generally not a big deal to alter all the
files. However when the changes are large, and considering programmers are
generally lazy ;) it can be a real pain to change all the resources.
This problem is only going to get worse as more languages are added.

I think it could be worthwhile setting up official translation teams who are
contacted when a resource file changes. It'd be relatively easy to script.

It would benefit both ReactOS, and people who want to get involved but
aren't programmers.
Our translation teams are a bit of a grey area at the moment. Our website is
much better organised in this department than our actual operating system.

Ged.

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[Magnus Olsen]

True we need a better system to inform when a langues files need be update,
a
nd each programers are respone adding same change to all langues file not
only
to En.rc for most of the translator do not often know how to add the
changes,
only how to translate the rc files. Please think also about the diffent
betwin reactos
 and windows how they are reading langues. windows stop the scan after
country if it found the right one, and if that contry are missing the string
tag
name it will not show the text or even bsod. it have happen for me
in swedish version of windows.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Murphy, Ged (Bolton)" [e-mail]
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Subject: [ros-dev] RE: [ros-diffs] [greatlrd] 21849: if u update En.rcplease
update all other langues files,use the english text if no translatesion is
no t availbal,other wise it will bsd in windows or in reactos and we get
diffent functions on each langues. DO NOT DO T
> [e-mail] wrote:
> > if u update En.rc please update all other langues files, use
> > the english text if no translatesion is not availbal, other
> > wise it will bsd in windows or in reactos and we get diffent
> > functions on each langues. DO NOT DO THIS MISTAKE
>
> If it's just 1 or 2 lines, it generally not a big deal to alter all the
> files. However when the changes are large, and considering programmers are
> generally lazy ;) it can be a real pain to change all the resources.
> This problem is only going to get worse as more languages are added.
>
> I think it could be worthwhile setting up official translation teams who

are
> contacted when a resource file changes. It'd be relatively easy to script.
>
> It would benefit both ReactOS, and people who want to get involved but
> aren't programmers.
> Our translation teams are a bit of a grey area at the moment. Our website

is
> much better organised in this department than our actual operating system.
>
> Ged.
>
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