Tickets :: Comment on [#8816] includes a fr_FR.po translation instead of fr.po

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Comment	>> Using a country part in a translation file is a discouraged practice >> except in very few cases (such as pt_BR). > > Discouraged by whom? > >> Using a fr_FR.po file instead of a fr.po file prevents users of fr_CA, >> fr_BE, fr_LU, fr_CH and all other existing and future locales for >> French to benefit from the French translation of the program. > > The Horde NLS class is taking care of this already. > >> The language does not vary among countries and, again, this is not the >> general practice for programs localization. > > But it may vary. There's different wordings between Swiss, Austrian, > and German German for example, or probably between the Iberian > Spanish and South American Spanish, let alone the different spelling > between British and American English. > Including the country name right from the start we are prepared for > adding country-specific alternate translations, and don't have to > rename the general-purpose translation when we add one.
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