Unreadable characters in translations due to bad encoding in apt-ddtp-tools

[Redmar]

Can be found here, I do not know what should be there instead of the special characters.

https://translations.launchpad.net/ddtp-ubuntu/natty/+pots/ddtp-ubuntu-universe/nl/+translate?batch=10&show=all&search=Auto+level%2C+Black+and+White

[Pascal De Vuyst (pascal-devuyst)]

Looks like translations.launchpad.net doesn't handle the ellipsis (...) character U+2026 properly, reassigning.
http://packages.ubuntu.com/natty/pinta shows it correctly

[Pascal De Vuyst (pascal-devuyst)]

The rapid-spring package description is affected too:
https://translations.launchpad.net/ddtp-ubuntu/natty/+pots/ddtp-ubuntu-universe/nl/+translate?batch=10&show=all&search=%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%A6

[Данило Шеган (danilo)]

They are badly encoded in the source POT. Opening a bug task for ddtp-ubuntu instead.

[Данило Шеган (danilo)]

For instance, this is how one of the messages looks like in lp:ddtp-ubuntu/natty universe/*.pot:

#. Description
#: Package: pinta
msgid ""
"Features include:\n"
" - Adjustments (Auto level, Black and White, Sepia, â\200¦)\n"
" - Multiple layers\n"
" - Unlimited undo/redo\n"
" - Drawing tools (Paintbrush, Pencil, Shapes, â\200¦)"
msgstr ""

[Pascal De Vuyst (pascal-devuyst)]

The related branch fixes the wrong enconding in apt-ddtp-tools (but still needs to be merged)

[Pascal De Vuyst (pascal-devuyst)]

Raising importance since several packages are affected.

[Pascal De Vuyst (pascal-devuyst)]

Michael, can you have a look at this?

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

Thanks! I commited the fix now and will re-run the extraction.

[Pascal De Vuyst (pascal-devuyst)]

https://translations.launchpad.net/ddtp-ubuntu/raring/+pots/ddtp-ubuntu-universe/nl/55861/+translate