translating file type extensions

[Adrian Chaves]

As a translator I have always found it weird that something like (3) was 
not used. I feel like (2) still has some of the same issues as (1).

On 2023-06-13 12:14, Frederik Schwarzer wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> from a developer's point of view, what would be the best approach for 
> file types in type selectors in file dialogs?
> 
> 1) Have them translatable:
> i18n("All supported files (*.po *.pot *.xlf *.xliff *.ts)")
> 
> 2) Have them mentioned:
> i18n("All supported files (%1)", "*.po *.pot *.xlf *.xliff *.ts")
> 
> 3) Hide them completely from translators:
> i18n("All supported files", " (*.po *.pot *.xlf *.xliff *.ts)")
> 
> Currently I see a lot of 1) but am thinking about using 2) since it 
> seems to reduce translation work and is also less prone to errors 
> (translator getting the extensions wrong).
> 
> Note that in the dialog, the user only sees the "All supported files" 
> string, so one could even argue that the rest is not a user-visible 
> string ... But that could as well be only on my system or it might 
> change in the future.
> 
> Anyway, is there a problem with 2) that I am currently missing?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Cheers,
> Frederik
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