translations too long in effect rack

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Reported by: nopeppermint
Date: 2017-12-29T22:12:33Z
Status: New
Importance: Low
Launchpad Issue: lp1740551
Tags: i18n
Attachments: english_shade_effect.png, german_shade_effect.png

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I just found out that the translated effect names are to long. I tried just German, maybe this appear also to other languages.

Maybe the easiest Solution might be to NOT translate them at all, I mean why they have to be translated, "Cue", "Loop", "Head Gain" and so on is also not translated and I think most People know the English word for this effects.

=> Might be easier if Skin only has to fit for English words..

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Commented by: nopeppermint
Date: 2017-12-29T22:12:33Z
Attachments: english_shade_effect.png

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Commented by: nopeppermint
Date: 2017-12-29T22:12:53Z
Attachments: german_shade_effect.png

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german translation

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Commented by: Be-ing
Date: 2017-12-30T01:16:05Z

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Effects and effect parameters now have short names separate from their full names. Both can be translated. If you'd like to contribute to translation, details are on the wiki: https://mixxx.org/wiki/doku.php/internationalization

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Commented by: Be-ing
Date: 2017-12-30T01:17:21Z

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Skins show the short names but the full names and descriptions are shown in tooltips.

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Commented by: esbrandt
Date: 2017-12-30T14:32:55Z

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Different issues are mixed up here:

1* The strings in the Shade Skin are hard coded (font merged to the background graphic). There was no translation possible back when the skin was created. Looking from today, this is oneof the Shade skin´s drawbacks.

We decided to use i18n wherever possible. There is always the possibility to change language, or fall back to the source language en_US.

2* The short parameter named mentioned by @be are not available for some eq parameters, must have slipped through.
https://github.com/mixxxdj/mixxx/blob/master/src/effects/native/equalizer_util.h
This are the strings you tagged as issues on Transifex.

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Commented by: daschuer
Date: 2017-12-30T22:18:27Z

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A related issue is that we have no length limit for the rendered text in Transiflex.
My idea to use a reference rendered text like "Lorem ipsum" to compare with the rendered translation is a stucked discussion. Should we introduce this?