Translating talk:Encyclopedia of Life

Message name contains space. It's creates problem with using referring it with msg type of templates. Will be good idea to check other EOL messages for same problem.

This should be fixed, though I'm not sure the fix was pulled yet; we're aware of the problem (it was in several places for the most recent update), and will avoid it in the future.

Has been updated.

Typo: it's -> its

Argh. :)

Thanks, fixed; will be available for the next sync (there were actually quite a few of these it's/its problems).

Thanks for fixing!

The message website-item was added to your recently collected items ("Item was added to your Recently Collected items") has some strange capitalizations. Shall we keep them in translations? --Purodha Blissenbach

Decide whatever you like, but I suggest you keep it at least consistent in your own language. "Recently Collected" is a concept in Encyclopedia of Life.

typo: "to have problem" → "to have a problem"

Thanks. (This also needed a comma.)

Lucky me. + EOL getting better by the edit :)

'Never ever' or 'never been'?

I mean, can you illustrate where is this Never used? Please attend ASAP.

This is in regards to the frequency at which the user will receive email. Thus, this case, it means "never, ever".

Thanks. Documented.

I should mention that I evaluate every question asked here and add an explanation to the qqq.yml file, if I feel clarification is actually warranted (as in this case).

Ah. I'm doing the same thing here (and those should end up in the "qqq" file too. You can do it too: EOL:Website-never/qqq.

Should this 'all' be translated or left as it is? It looks kinda like a command.

The "all" should NOT be translated, it is a command used by the API.

Thanks. Documented.

typo: any classifications → any of the classifications Cheers

That's not a typo, that's valid grammar, but for clarification, I will make the change.

Not necessarily needed, but of course if you agree. Sometimes non-native speakers just need a grammar update. No biggie :).

Oops, I must already have been asleep. However, I am sure that the change would add something. Cheers

Hmm ... clade. This does not seem to fit? What is conveyed with this message? Cheers

This key is no longer required. Removed.

We like more clean files. Thanks.

Website-errors.messages.too short ("is too short (minimum is %{count} characters)")

Should support plural.

Done. It's supremely annoying that I have to submit this form twice because the forum wants me to do math _the second time_. If it needs it, it would be time-saving to just ask the first time around.

I'll give you some rights that will no longer require you to wait until you are what MediaWiki calls "autoconfirmed".

 Done And thanks :).

Supremely helpful. Thank you.

Website-errors.messages.too long ("is too long (maximum is %{count} characters)")

Should support plural.

Done.

Thank you!

Website-errors.messages.wrong length ("is the wrong length (should be %{count} characters)")

Should support plural.

Done.

Thanks.

Which strings do %{linka} and %{linkb} refer to?

I believe this key has been removed.

Does this mean twice every month or every two months?

Twice a month.

Is this an infinitive or imperative verb phrase?

This key will be removed in the next version. Sorry.

Can anyone explain to me what "wants" in this context means?

Heh. Its sounds bad, doesn't it?

This is a column header indicating the level of curation ability that a user wants ('full' and 'master' are the possible values in the table. This does not need to be incredibly clear--it is only seen by admins. Please keep it as short as possible.

(I've added this information to the translation files. Thanks.)

Can someone explain what this is about, and give me an example of how this string would be produced on the site?

These keys have all changed (there is a family of them), but I shall add descriptions to the translation files.

Where "rank" is one of the variables, they resolve in formats similar to this: "Species recognized by Integrated Taxonomic Information System:" or "Integrated Taxonomic Information System as a Taxon". In the latter case, this entry would be seen as a paragraph under a header named "Recognized by". These can get more complex, as occasionally the values are created with Rails' #to_sentence method. Thus, you can end up with "The Integrated Taxonomic Information System and T Orrell (custodian) in Catalogue of Life as a Taxon", where the "and" was inserted between two values for the "recognized_by" variable. These do not need to read with prefect grammar, as they are meant to be citations and not flowing speech.

Hope that helps.

Typo: "visibile" should be "visible".

Same typo in EOL:Website-activity_user_showed_unknown_object/en

This will be fixed with the next pull (probably next week). Thanks.

I don't understand if this means a single person that records something or a company (like record company).

'Recorder' in this case is meant to be a person or company which …created a recording of a sound... such as someone who made a field recording of, say, a wolf howl.

What is PLURAL rules for EOL?

They are the same as for OpenStreetMap and Shapado (Ruby i18n).