[debbugs-tracker] bug#13409: closed ([patch] make some error messages clearer)

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--- Begin Message --- Subject: [patch] make some error messages clearer Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:20:22 +0100

Hi,

Several error messages in some of the utilities say things
like "reading %s".  They sound like progress messages, and
translators might be tempted to translate them as if they
said "busy reading %s" -- whereas I think they are trying
to say "error while reading %s".

Attached patch suggests improvements for a bunch of those
messages.

Regards,

Benno

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> On 01/10/2013 07:20 PM, Benno Schulenberg wrote:
> > Hi,
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> > Several error messages in some of the utilities say things
> > like "reading %s".  They sound like progress messages, and
> > translators might be tempted to translate them as if they
> > said "busy reading %s" -- whereas I think they are trying
> > to say "error while reading %s".
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> > Attached patch suggests improvements for a bunch of those
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> Even outside the translation context, this is a net improvement.
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> cmd_old: accessing 'file': Permission denied
> cmd_new: failed to access 'file': Permission denied
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> I'll apply this in a while.
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> thanks!
> Pádraig.
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