Launchpad itself

percent+space considered format string

Bug #62886 reported by Dominik Zablotny
This bug report is a duplicate of:  Bug #3446: % causes problem in translation strings. Edit Remove
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Launchpad itself
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Bug Description

This string "% of normal size" is considered format string by rosetta, exactly the part "% o".
Attempt to translate it as "% rozmiaru naturalnego" raises error:

Error in Translation:
'msgstr' is not a valid C format string, unlike 'msgid'. Reason: In the directive number 1, the character 'w' is not a valid conversion specifier.

This string can be found in abiword:
https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/edgy/+source/abiword/+pots/abiword/pl/+translate

Revision history for this message
Diogo Matsubara (matsubara) wrote :

According with James Henstridge:
"That string is incorrectly marked as a c-format string. This is a problem that needs fixing in the abiword source code (it should have a comment like /* xgettext:no-c-format */ before the line the string occurs on).

The PO template lists po/tmp/ap_String_Id.h.h as the source for most of the strings, which is probably a generated file. I guess the script that generates it needs updating to add those comments.

Once abiword is fixed and new PO templates are imported, the problem should go away."

Changed in rosetta:
status: Unconfirmed → Rejected
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