Linguist and static strings

Hi All ,

I need to translate my application , everithing worked fine, till i had to translate static string array.

I have a ".h" file with this decleratrion

Code:

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static  QString vecBombType[4] = {
			QObject::trUtf8("None"),
			QObject::trUtf8("Explosive"),
			QObject::trUtf8("Flare"),
			QObject::trUtf8("Smoke")
	};
 
I'm inserting those string into QComboBox in a .cpp file
 
for ( int i=0; i < 4 i++ )
	{
	cboxBombType->insertItem( vecBombType[i], i);
	}

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I've translated "Explosive" to something else , but keep on getting "Explosive" string.

Beside this all translation are OK.

How can i fix this?

Because static variables are initialized before main function is called, long before you load translators. You should have a function that initializes that array after translators are loaded.

EDIT
Or, you could use trUtf8 when using that strings. I'm not sure, but it may work.

Code:

---

static  QString vecBombType[4] = {
            QObject::trUtf8("None"),
            QObject::trUtf8("Explosive"),
            QObject::trUtf8("Flare"),
            QObject::trUtf8("Smoke")
    };
 
...
 
for ( int i=0; i < 4 i++ )
    {
    cboxBombType->insertItem( trUtf8(vecBombType[i]), i);
    }

---

Code:

---

static  QString vecBombType[4] = {
			QT_TR_NOOP("None"),
			QT_TR_NOOP("Explosive"),
			QT_TR_NOOP("Flare"),
			QT_TR_NOOP("Smoke")
};
 
for ( int i=0; i < 4 i++ ){
	cboxBombType->insertItem( tr(vecBombType[i]), i);
}

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tried , didn't work
the static string is in a different header , i've placed it inside the project , ts file include this strings.
Translating , releasing

still same issue

didn't work, bender ,thanks

If it's in a different header then you have to pass the context to translate() and QT_TR_NOOP(). Or move those strings into the same context.

Just look at QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP() and QT_TR_NOOP() docs. They are very well documented and include clear examples.

founf what to do thanks to every one