How to null a translation in gettext system?

Posted by Evgeny on Stack Overflow See other posts from Stack Overflow or by Evgeny
Published on 2010-04-14T23:54:03Z Indexed on 2010/04/15 2:53 UTC
Read the original article Hit count: 269

Filed under:

i18n

Suppose a simple phrase "In" in English needs to be interpreted as "" - empty string in Russian.

Is is possible to specify that in the .po file?

What normally happens if you set msgstr "" - you'll get the untranslated key, but I want to get nothing in that specific case.

Here is a use case: I have underneath a giant search bar a set of buttons to select questions (for a Q&A site) from particular scopes - like so:

(in English)

In: [all] [unanswered] [my own]

(in Russian I want)

[???] [??? ???????] [???]

It just sounds more natural. Yes I can leave out In for english, but I don't want to and I do not want to put button (things in [] are buttons) html into the 'po' file.

Thanks!

Related posts about i18n

i18n with webpy

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
Hello, i Have a problem with i18n, using webpy. I have followed this : http://webpy.org/cookbook/i18n_support_in_template_file So, in my .wsgi there is : #i18n gettext.install('messages',I18N_PATH,unicode=True) gettext.translation('messages',I18N_PATH,languages=['fr_FR','en_US']).install(True) So… >>> More
'sudo apt-get update' error

as seen on Ask Ubuntu - Search for 'Ask Ubuntu'
I've been having an issue with 'sudo apt-get update' for several days now. I've tried every proposed solution I could find but to no avail. Here is the output to 'apt-get update'. Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise InRelease Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates… >>> More
Symfony - admin - FormFilter - is empty - i18n

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
Hi, we are in admin generator in filters in field. What is the most clearest way to translate is empty label under form fields? I've solve it by own setWidgets and setWidgets in BaseFormFilterDoctrine witch extend the parent methods by translating that is empty( empty_label ). setWidgets - translate… >>> More
php framework with sqlite, orm, i18n, l10n search addon

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
im trying to find a php framework to build small,multilingual sites. do you know a php framework with support for: 1.sqlite (it will be little sites so no performance problem and good for copy-paste from development to production) 2.orm 3.i18n & l10n 4.easy search addon 5.ability to just… >>> More
I18N: Does Time always come after Date?

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
Does the time always come after the date, with a space in between, in every culture on earth? i see that Microsoft FCL assumes that it does: public string get_FullDateTimePattern() { if (this.fullDateTimePattern == null) { this.fullDateTimePattern = this.LongDatePattern + " " + this… >>> More

Developer IT