How to translate transmission strings

[Yuri Chornoivan]

написане Mon, 06 May 2013 09:37:32 +0300, Andrej Znidarsic  
<andrej.znidarsic at gmail.com>:

> Hello!
>
> In our team we have problems with 4 transmission strings which are of  
> form
> Downloading metadata from %1$&#x27;d %2$s (%3$d%% done).
>
> If we try to translate these strings we get 'msgstr' is not a valid C
> format string, unlike 'msgid'. Reason: In the directive number 1, the
> character '&' is not a valid conversion specifier.
>
> I was wondering if there is any trick one can use to convince Launchpad  
> to
> accept these translations.
>
> regards
>
> Andrej

Hi,

This is Rosetta* bug found but not reported by Michael Bauer [1]. It can  
be solved using the hint from initial PO [2].

Hope this helps.

Best regards,
Yuri

* Despite David's comments, Rosetta is "rosetta" in Launchpad code, not a  
"Launchpad Translations".

[1]  
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-translators/2013-April/005935.html

[2]  
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-translators/2013-April/005937.html