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On 10/1/2016 9:48 AM, Akihiro Motoki 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
>
>
>
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No you shouldn't need to mark strings for translation in test code. I 
believe we have a hacking rule for marking LOG.info/warning/error 
messages for translation but it should skip test directories.

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Thanks,

Matt Riedemann