[Zope3-dev] selecting the translation domain in ZCML

Dieter Maurer dieter at handshake.de
Tue May 30 15:19:58 EDT 2006


Jean-Marc Orliaguet wrote at 2006-5-30 12:01 +0200:
> ...
>although -- while thinking about it, putting the domain name in .po 
>files breaks the separation on concerns between translators and 
>application developer. Translators shouldn't have to worry about 
>translation domains. That's application specific.

Are you sure? In my view the translation domain is vital for translators --
as the domain guides the correct translations.

For example, in German we have the word "Bank".
It may mean "bench" or "bank", depending on the translation domain.


-- 
Dieter


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