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<DIV>Does anybody know if either KDE 4 or Qt 4 have any plans to</DIV>
<DIV>support translation of strings in data files (i18n or tr)?</DIV>
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<DIV>Levels in games can contain titles and hints. There may also</DIV>
<DIV>be a future need for translation in picture galleries, files for</DIV>
<DIV>context-dependent help, data-files for educational apps or</DIV>
<DIV>in interactive tutorials on mainstream apps.</DIV>
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<DIV>At present, the only method of getting your strings translated</DIV>
<DIV>seems to be to copy all your strings, without changing a single</DIV>
<DIV>character, into a pseudo-program file (one that is not compiled</DIV>
<DIV>and linked), which mainly contains repetitions of the
pattern</DIV>
<DIV>'dummy = i18n("yet_another_string");'. Otherwise, for small</DIV>
<DIV>numbers and sizes of strings, you can embed them in your</DIV>
<DIV>program, as well as in the data, as KSokoban does.</DIV>
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<DIV>Any ideas? Ian W.</DIV></BODY></HTML>