Re: New Unicode Working Group: Message Formatting

James,

A localizable message string is one similar to those given in the example:
English: “The package will arrive at {time} on {date}.”
German: “Das Paket wird am {date} um {time} geliefert.”

The message string may contain any number of complete sentences, including zero ( “Arrival: {time}” ).

The Message Format Working Group is to define the *format* of the strings, not their *repertoire*. That is, should the string be “Arrival: %s” or “Arrival: ${date}” or “Arrival: {0}”?

Does that answer your question?

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Steven R. Loomis | @srl295 | git.io/srl295
> El ene. 10, 2020, a las 2:48 p. m., James Kass via Unicode <unicode_at_unicode.org> escribió:
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> On 2020-01-10 9:55 PM, announcements_at_unicode.org wrote:
>> But until now we have not had a syntax for localizable message strings standardized by Unicode.
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> What is the difference between “localizable message strings” and “localized sentences”?  Asking for a friend.
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