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Akihiro Motoki <amotoki at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I noticed strings in tests (unit tests or others) have translation marks  
> (_, _LE and so on).
> Do we need translation marks for them?
>
> I don't think so for most cases from various reasons below.
> Only exception is to test translations.
>
> From translators:
> - Effort to translate strings in tests leads is meaningless. Such  
> translations are never used.
> - Strings from test code drop the translation percentage.
>   The current translation import script checks the translation percentage
>   and imports translations with >75% percentage.
>
> From developers:
> - Translation mark is actually unnecessary but developers are requested
>   to mark them as translatable. It is annoying.
>
> Thought?
>
> Thanks,
> Akihiro

I believe we should not only not use marks in tests, but forbid them with a  
hacking check. It’s a waste of translator time.

Ihar