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is the "note " particle in sort.c needed?

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From: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg <at> telfort.nl>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: is the "note " particle in sort.c needed?
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2025 16:31:23 +0100

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Hi,

In src/sort.c there is this piece of code:

      error (0, 0,
             _("%snumbers use %s as a decimal point in this locale"),
             tab == decimal_point ? "" : _("note "),
             quote (((char []) {decimal_point, 0})));

What does "note " here mean?  Is it an adjective or a verb? Or
maybe something else?  And is it needed at all?

The thing is: it makes translating both strings hard, as it's
unclear for translators that they belong together.  Please
consider dropping the "note ", or changing the code to use
two separate, full messages, without fill-in words.


Benno

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