'100%' is causing problems with translation

[Ville-Pekka Vainio]

Hi websites people,

I've been translating the new website and I noticed the phrase '100%' is
used in a few places. This seems to cause problems with translation. If
I leave it out completely, 'msgfmt -cvo /dev/null file.po' says "number
of format specifications in 'msgid' and 'msgstr' does not match". If I
use '100%%' in the translation, I get the same error. If I just use
'100%', msgfmt says "'msgstr' is not a valid Python format string,
unlike 'msgid'. Reason: In the directive number 1, the character 'v' is
not a valid conversion specifier.", where the character is whatever
happens to be after '100%'.

I think '100%' should be replaced with an English word which wouldn't
cause these problems.

[Daniel Cabrera]

On Mon, 2010-10-11 at 01:24 +0300, Ville-Pekka Vainio wrote:
> Hi websites people,
>
> I've been translating the new website and I noticed the phrase '100%' is
> used in a few places. This seems to cause problems with translation. If
> I leave it out completely, 'msgfmt -cvo /dev/null file.po' says "number
> of format specifications in 'msgid' and 'msgstr' does not match". If I
> use '100%%' in the translation, I get the same error. If I just use
> '100%', msgfmt says "'msgstr' is not a valid Python format string,
> unlike 'msgid'. Reason: In the directive number 1, the character 'v' is
> not a valid conversion specifier.", where the character is whatever
> happens to be after '100%'.
>
> I think '100%' should be replaced with an English word which wouldn't
> cause these problems.
>
> -- 
> Ville-Pekka Vainio

+1 from the Spanish team.
Regards, Daniel Cabrera (es)

[Kévin Raymond]

On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 3:34 AM, daniel cabrera  wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-10-11 at 01:24 +0300, Ville-Pekka Vainio wrote:
> > Hi websites people,
> >
> > I've been translating the new website and I noticed the phrase '100%' is
> > used in a few places. This seems to cause problems with translation. If
> > I leave it out completely, 'msgfmt -cvo /dev/null file.po' says "number
> > of format specifications in 'msgid' and 'msgstr' does not match". If I
> > use '100%%' in the translation, I get the same error. If I just use
> > '100%', msgfmt says "'msgstr' is not a valid Python format string,
> > unlike 'msgid'. Reason: In the directive number 1, the character 'v' is
> > not a valid conversion specifier.", where the character is whatever
> > happens to be after '100%'.
> >
> > I think '100%' should be replaced with an English word which wouldn't
> > cause these problems.
> >
> > --
> > Ville-Pekka Vainio
>
> +1 from the Spanish team.
> Regards, Daniel Cabrera (es)
>
> --

Hi guys,

My apologies about that. It has been reported on Friday or Saterday. I
expected to correct it quickly but could not.

I've tried to change the tags using "Markup(" and to change the '%' by
its code number (&#37), but still not working. I should have tried to
escape it using ''.
Gonna try this evening.

Regards,

[Ville-Pekka Vainio]

ma, 2010-10-11 kello 08:46 +0200, shaiton kirjoitti:
> I've tried to change the tags using "Markup(" and to change the '%' by
> its code number (&#37), but still not working. I should have tried to
> escape it using ''.

I'm not sure about this, but in the .po files these problematic messages
are marked as 'python-format'. Maybe something like '100%%' would work
in the original text.

[Kévin Raymond]

On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 10:51 AM, Ville-Pekka Vainio
 wrote:
> ma, 2010-10-11 kello 08:46 +0200, shaiton kirjoitti:
> > I've tried to change the tags using "Markup(" and to change the '%' by
> > its code number (&#37), but still not working. I should have tried to
> > escape it using ''.
>
> I'm not sure about this, but in the .po files these problematic messages
> are marked as 'python-format'. Maybe something like '100%%' would work
> in the original text.
>
> --
> Ville-Pekka Vainio

Yeah I know, will try tonight.

Thanks

[Paul W. Frields]

On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 10:58:09AM +0200, shaiton wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 10:51 AM, Ville-Pekka Vainio
>  wrote:
> > ma, 2010-10-11 kello 08:46 +0200, shaiton kirjoitti:
> > > I've tried to change the tags using "Markup(" and to change the '%' by
> > > its code number (&#37), but still not working. I should have tried to
> > > escape it using ''.
> >
> > I'm not sure about this, but in the .po files these problematic messages
> > are marked as 'python-format'. Maybe something like '100%%' would work
> > in the original text.
> >
> > --
> > Ville-Pekka Vainio
>
> Yeah I know, will try tonight.
>
> Thanks

Alternately, use the English word in the original text: "100 percent".

[Kévin Raymond]

Hi the trans ML,

Some of you reported that strings containing "100%" could not be translated.
It has been corrected now, thanks to ricky and sijis for their help.

Regards,