[MPlayer-DOCS] CVS: main/DOCS/tech translations.txt,1.1,1.2

[Diego Biurrun CVS]

CVS change done by Diego Biurrun CVS

Update of /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/tech
In directory mail:/var2/tmp/cvs-serv8803/DOCS/tech

Modified Files:
	translations.txt 
Log Message:
How to handle incomplete translations of message files.


Index: translations.txt
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RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/tech/translations.txt,v
retrieving revision 1.1
retrieving revision 1.2
diff -u -r1.1 -r1.2
--- translations.txt	20 Jan 2004 04:43:00 -0000	1.1
+++ translations.txt	1 Apr 2004 13:53:10 -0000	1.2
@@ -44,6 +44,14 @@
 language code. Additionally, please make sure that your translated messages fit
 on an 80 character wide display to avoid overflowing output.
 
+If you do not translate all messages at once, please do not leave untranslated
+messages in your translated file, just leave them out instead. The MPlayer
+build system automatically checks for missing messages and uses the English
+ones instead. This has the added advantage of providing the latest versions of
+the English messages, since English messages in translations may be outdated.
+Furthermore, running help_diff.sh on your translated file will immediately show
+missing messages, which eases further translation.
+
 Translations are for documentation what porting is for code. Many more eyes
 see it and get to find mistakes. If you stumble over mistakes, inaccuracies,
 clumsy wording, spelling/grammar errors or if you notice that something is