Changes between Version 194 and Version 195 of TaggingPresets

Timestamp:

2022-10-23T00:12:23+02:00 (3 years ago)

Author:

Polarbear-j

Comment:

clarifications re translation of internal and external presets, in particular using translations from the internal translation table in external presets

TaggingPresets

@@ -280 +280 @@
 
 == Translation ==
-To support translations, all textual elements (`name=""`, `text=""`, `display_values=""`) may also be localized. E.g. `de.name=""` would represent the name in case the German language support is loaded. In the preset code the English term must be the first before possible translations are added.
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-In JOSM internally ([source:josm/trunk/resources/data/defaultpresets.xml internal preset]) all `name=""`, `text=""` and `display_values=""` are translated when no specific translation has been given in XML file. When no `display_values=""` are supplied, then `values=""` will be treated as `display_values=""` and translated instead. When translations of equal words but different meanings may conflict, a translation context should be specified. Use `name_context=""`, `text_context=""` or `values_context=""` for this. The context should be a meaningful short description to help translators. 
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+To support translations, all textual elements (`name=""`, `text=""`, `display_values=""`) can be localized. E.g. `de.name=""` would represent the name when the German language support is loaded. In the preset XML code the English term must be the first, before possible translations can be added.
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+=== Internal Preset ===
 The translation for the internal preset is done at [https://translations.launchpad.net/josm/trunk Launchpad] (and will probably change to another service in the future, since the Launchpad web interface often produces timeout errors, see #8645).
 
-The translation of external presets on this website is, so far, only possible inline within the preset source code, see #11392.
+In the [source:josm/trunk/resources/data/defaultpresets.xml internal preset], all `name=""`, `text=""` and `display_values=""` are translated via the above service, as long as no specific translation has been given within XML file. When no `display_values=""` are supplied, then `values=""` will be treated as `display_values=""` and translated instead. 
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+When the same English word has different translations in different contexts, the specific translation context needs to be specified. Use `name_context=""`, `text_context=""` or `values_context=""` for this purpose. The context should be a meaningful short description to help translators. 
+
+=== External Presets ===
+
+The translation of external presets on this website is, so far, only possible inline within the preset XML source code, see #11392.
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+However, when words are used in the external preset that already exist in the internal preset, the translation from the internal preset applies to the external as well. This is useful as long as the context is the same. When the context in the external preset is different, it needs to be distinguished by adding `name_context=""`, `text_context=""` or `values_context=""`.
 
 == Icon handling ==