[Localization] Fwd: translation problem

[huda.sarfraz -]

Hi,

On 1/6/08, Erik Blankinship <erikb at mediamods.com> wrote:
>
>
> (2) I believe there is an error in the Arabic file at "constants.py:
> > 107". The translated string here reads
> >
> >      msgstr "بقي %(1)s دقيقة، و %(2)s ساعة"
> >
> > but I think this should be
> >
> >      msgstr "بقي %(1)s دقيقة، و %(2)s ثانية"
>
>
> I am confused...    The %(1)s and %(2)s substrings do not appear to be "in
> one piece".  I am afraid this will break our software when run on an xo.  I
> could be wrong; I am new to this.
>

The text appears broken because it is meant to be read from right-to-left,
if you paste it into an editor with RTL support (poEdit for instance), and
change the reading order to RTL you will see that the substrings are
alright.

Regards,
Huda
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