[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #14972: Proposal: Pool of common strings for core, themes, and plugins

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#14972: Proposal:  Pool of common strings for core, themes, and plugins
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 Reporter:  demetris     |       Owner:                 
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new            
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  i18n         |     Version:  3.1            
 Severity:  normal       |    Keywords:  dev-feedback   
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Comment(by demetris):

 Replying to [comment:18 scribu]:
 > Replying to [comment:17 westi]:
 > > I'm wondering whether a better solution to this issue may be a
 GlotPress instance for plugin translation which auto-leverage's strings
 which have been used elsewhere so they only need approving.
 > >
 > > That way the plugins get the benefit of being able to re-use
 translations if they already exist while still being able to use a
 different translation if more appropriate.
 >
 > That would be awesome!
 >
 > Even without that feature, I can't wait for GlotPress to become
 available for all plugins & themes.

 The tools we use for making PO and MO files already have something like
 that.  You first build a translation memory, and then you use that memory
 to autotranslate strings that are already in it.

 I use the translation memory myself, it is certainly useful, but I guess
 its usefulness depends on the circumstances and on the strings.  For short
 strings, for example, I find that, instead of helping me, it hinders me:
 In the time it takes me to verify that the suggested translation for, say,
 ''Categories'', is the correct one, I would have typed the translation and
 moved to the next string.

 In general, as a translator, I would like to not have to bother at all,
 not even for verifying an automatic suggestion, with stock strings.  There
 are a lot of common things plugins and themes need to say, and there are
 not many variations for each of these strings:

  *  Categories
  *  Edit
  *  Next post
  *  Previous Post
  *  Skip to main content
  *  View all posts by %s
  *  View all posts by this author

 How many ways are there to say things like that?  They are stock not only
 in WordPress but, some of them, in all publishing platforms and in the web
 in general.

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