Opened 16 years ago
Closed 16 years ago
#12173 closed defect (bug) (fixed)
I18n: Message contains unescaped '100%', translation fail
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| Milestone: | 2.9.2 | Priority: | normal |
| Severity: | normal | Version: | |
| Component: | General | Keywords: | i18n |
| Focuses: | Cc: |
Description
A translatable message in WordPress contains the literal 'if you are 100% certain'. This should change to 'if you are 100%% certain'.
The gettext tools for the localisation of WordPress expect a format specifier in the translated message, thus the message is shown as untranslated on a live WordPress deployment.
The real issue is that '100% certain' is very colloquial and informal. It does not translate well in other languages/cultures.
Therefore, I suggest to fix the message,
from 'if you are 100% certain'
to the CORRECT 'if you are absolutely certain'.
Source: #: wp-admin/ms-delete-site.php:25
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(In [13022]) Change wording in string to make translation easier. Props simosx. fixes #12173