L10n:Centralized Localization
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I looked in bugzilla bug didn't find this feature request. So here comes the idea to be discussed:
It would be good to have a central database of commonly and frequently used words and phrases that would be identified uniquely and globally to prevent redundancy.
For example the words like, "File","Quit","Copy","Paste" are used in most applications and are currently duplicated in each. If there was a central dtd file which would define these in a unique way ( for example, global.copy global.paste ) and would be made part of toolkit, it would reduce redundancy and make the work of translators easier. With the toolkit getting more prepared for being the base of more and more GRE based applications, this would be very helpful.
Note that defining the context of the words in a very clear way ( perhaps as comments ) is somehow essential.
This would also be a very good thing for extension makers. Using such global entities in extensions would make translations more automagic and easier for everyone --Ville
