184189 - Marking of changed strings

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Mozilla Localizations Graveyard :: MozillaTranslator, enhancement)

Description

[Gunner Poulsen]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; da-DK; rv:1.2) Gecko/20021202
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; da-DK; rv:1.2) Gecko/20021202

Dear Henrik.

It is very difficult to identify changed strings in MT.
When you update your product you get a list off changed strings, but if this
list contains let's say 500 strings and it is late at night it is impossible to
translate them right away, and then the information is lost.

I would like a feature of MT that marks the changed strings as FUZZY when the
English text changes.

It should also compare the new and old English text when I make a "import
translation".

Hope you will consider it.

Gunner Poulsen.
Danish translator.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
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Comment 1

[Giacomo Magnini]

What about appending a special char at the end of the translated text, or in the
comment field (as long as elusive bugs with search on this field are resolved)?

Comment 2

[Shaohua Wen]

I'd like a save/load current view function for continues working.
as bug <a href="http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=197286"> 197286</a>
mentioned.
It also mets your requirements.

Comment 3

[Giacomo Magnini]

Actually that solution won't solve the problem here. Adding a special char
allows for sharing of translation works among different team members and makes
it easier for evryone in the team to overview other peoples' work for QA. The
"save state" option suggested as is works just for the single user setup.

Comment 4

[RickieES aka Ricardo Palomares]

Reassigning to me.

Comment 5

[RickieES aka Ricardo Palomares]

This is desirable, it's true, and while a load/save list is not implemented, an acceptable (for me) workaround can be used. Accepting bug.

Comment 6

[RickieES aka Ricardo Palomares]

Every time a string is changed or added, its "Fuzzy" flag is set. Every time a string is reviewed through Edit Phrase Dialog (whether it's modified or not), its "Fuzzy" flag is unset. "Fuzzy" flag can be also set/unset in any chrome or list view selecting strings and pressing the appropiate button, and all fuzzy flags can be unset at once through Edit -> Clear ALL Fuzzy flags. "Fuzzy" flag is persisted in Glossary.zip.

With all above preconditions met, the procedure working for me is this:

- Clean up the translation, so you don't have fuzzy flags set on non-fuzzy strings.

- Run either File -> Update product or Import -> CVS Import Directory. New and updated strings will be marked as Fuzzy (removed strings are gone, obviously).

- As long as you don't unset Fuzzy flag explicitily or by reviewing the string through Edit Phrase Dialog, the string will be marked as Fuzzy, even if you save the glossary, exit the program and reopen it later.

I'll keep this bug open for a while to let people complaint, suggest or confirm if it works for them.

Comment 7

[RickieES aka Ricardo Palomares]

*** Bug 197286 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 8

[RickieES aka Ricardo Palomares]

Nobody has pronounced himself against the implemented solution, so I'm closing this bug.