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+# A few questions about translating PO file
+
 I have a few questions about translating PO file:
 
 1. Assume I copied `ikiwiki.pot` file to `pl.po` file and translated it
@@ -50,4 +52,46 @@ think that there should be hardcoded in ikiwiki templates? --Pawel
 
   >>> My indentation mistake, I think. --[[Joey]]
 
-  >>>> Now it's perfect :) Thank you very much! --Pawel
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+  >>>> Now it's perfect :) Thank you very much! --Pawel
+
+----
+
+# Less laconic gettext messages
+
+I'm just translating `ikiwiki.pot` file to Polish and I have
+problems with some gettext messages, because unfortunately
+there are very laconic, for example "update of %s's %s by %s".
+
+Sometimes I don't understand background well, because I don't use
+all ikiwiki plugins and I have to check ikiwiki source code.
+Besides in Polish language we have conjugation of a verb and
+I can't do it correctly if I don't know what subject of
+a message is. Then I have to check the sources again...
+
+So I have a request to Joey and the rest of ikiwiki coders:
+please write more verbose gettext messages and don't fear using
+subject there. It will be huge help for me and other ikiwiki
+translators. Thank you! :) --Pawel
+
+> Well, those messages are mostly laconic because they're output by
+> ikiwiki running in unix program mode and other tight situations, and 
+> it should be clear from context when you see the expanded message what
+> the various bits are. 
+> 
+> For example, "update of foowiki's MooBar by joey" seems to say enough to
+> be clear (and fit in mutt's subject line display), while the corresponding
+> "actualizado el wiki foowiki y la página MooBar por el usuario joey" feels
+> a bit verbose. (And should it say "updated foowiki *and* the MooBar page"
+> like that? My Spanish sucks though..) In my crappy Spanish I might instead
+> say something like "actualizado MooBar de foowiki por joey". Or maybe
+> "actualizado página Moobar por joey"?
+
+>> But you know that "update of %s's %s by %s" string can be "update of
+>> foowiki's MooBar by joey", but I can only guess it :)
+
+> Anyway, to get back to your point, it's true that translators often
+> need additonal context about things like what variables expand to, and
+> size limits. This is generally done by adding comments in the pot file,
+> and I've turned that on, and added a few. --[[Joey]]
+
+>> Thank you very much! It also will be a big help for me. --Pawel
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