[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #56234: error logged messages should not be translateable

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#56234: error logged messages should not be translateable
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 Reporter:  malthert           |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)       |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal             |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  I18N               |     Version:
 Severity:  normal             |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  2nd-opinion close  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by kkmuffme):

 >Error messages are shown in many different places and contexts

 By default they're showing only the PHP error log - which is all English -
 unless error display is enabled explicitly?

 > It doesn't mean you need to understand the code

 Definitely, so what do you do if you don't understand the code?
 You google it or contact support.
 If your WP site is in Hebrew, you're not going to find any useful results
 and support will have to reverse-lookup the .po to get the English text to
 find it in code.
 If you google it in English, you'll find tons of other people who had this
 issue before and possibly find out how to fix it yourself.

 Also vice versa:
 if it's in English, you highlight the text and right click to have your
 browser translate the text for you, so you know what the problem is.
 If it's in your language, and you translate it to English it's not useful
 - since the English text isn't 1:1 the actual error message in English,
 and your Google results will be worse.

 >And even if there is code involved, code is just like another language
 with its own grammar, you can write and read code **without being able to
 comprehend English error messages**.

 Exactly. That's why error messages should be in English and not
 translated.

 >Internationalization/localization is one of the pillars of success of
 WordPress, I don't think we should take that away.

 I agree - the purpose of localization is accessibility - and for "doing it
 wrong" error message, localization makes it less accessible.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/56234#comment:19>
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