Closed
Bug 816443
Opened 12 years ago
Closed 9 years ago
lang and dir attributes must be used only if the page is actually translated
Categories
(developer.mozilla.org Graveyard :: Localization, defect, P1)
Tracking
(Not tracked)
RESOLVED
WONTFIX
People
(Reporter: amir.aharoni, Unassigned)
Details
(Whiteboard: [type:bug][localization])
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MDN uses Accept-Language to identify the user's language. My Accept-Language is Hebrew. MDN's main page is shown as <html lang="he" dir="rtl">. It's not actually translated to Hebrew, however, so it's wrong, and it must be shown as <html lang="en" dir="ltr">. It is great to use Accept-Language and to show pages in Hebrew or in any other language, but only if they are actually translated. Correct usage of lang is quite important, because it affects fonts, but using dir="rtl" incorrectly is especially disruptive. See the screenshot, and notice how the punctuation marks are at the wrong end of the sentences. Thank you.
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Updated•12 years ago
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Priority: -- → P1
Whiteboard: bug
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Updated•11 years ago
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Whiteboard: bug → [type:bug]
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Updated•11 years ago
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Whiteboard: [type:bug] → [type:bug][localization]
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Comment 1•11 years ago
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Wow, this one is tricky. At the time we render the HTML, we don't know if the content for the page is translated in the user's language. :/ :lorchard - can you think of any way to do this?
Flags: needinfo?(lorchard)
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Comment 2•11 years ago
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(In reply to Luke Crouch [:groovecoder] from comment #1) > Wow, this one is tricky. At the time we render the HTML, we don't know if > the content for the page is translated in the user's language. :/ > > :lorchard - can you think of any way to do this? Not really. Whole pages aren't translated; only individual strings are. And, that front page is split up into probably dozens of strings or more. We don't really have a mechanism to mark specific parts of the page as RTL based on translation status, and in fact translation status itself isn't even accessible to the page. Best solution would be to get the strings translated :) Not sure if others in webdev have encountered this or have a solution. Maybe someone like :clouserw might know?
Flags: needinfo?(lorchard)
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Comment 3•9 years ago
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Yeah, I don't think we can do much about it. Hebrew and many other languages are enabled even though we have very little translation coverage. The solution for now is to switch to English via the language selector.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 9 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
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Updated•4 years ago
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Product: developer.mozilla.org → developer.mozilla.org Graveyard
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