Version: 1.9.7 (using KDE KDE 3.5.8) Installed from: Compiled From Sources Compiler: not relevant OS: Linux The "Default reply template" translation in kde-i18n 3.5.8 for Norwegian Bokmål (nb) is broken in a way which makes kmail show a blank message when you reply instead of a quoted version of the message you are replying to. The current translation is: %REM=«Standard svarmal »%- På %ODATEEN , %OTIMELONGEN skrev du: %QUOTE %CURSOR The does-not-break-kmail version is: %REM="Standard svarmal"%- På %ODATE , %OTIMELONG skrev du: %QUOTE %CURSOR Do note the %REM= with "" in the correct version, the «Standard svarmal » part in the translation totally breaks kmail's reply function. It should also be noted that %ODATEEN , %OTIMELONGEN give English texts for date and time while the shorter correct-for-translation %ODATE , %OTIMELONG is actually translated when you hit reply. BTW! All the other reply templates used by kmail (reply to list, etc) are TOTALLY BROKEN in exactly the same way. This bug is kind of serious since it imho makes kontact/kmail completely useless for everyone who chooses to use KDE 3.5.8 in Norwegian...
I installed kde-i18n 3.5.7 (emerge --nodeps -v =kde-base/kde-i18n-3.5.7) without doing anything else to the rest of KDE 3.5.8. The translation-caused kmail bug is not in kde-i18n 3.5.7 simply because the e-mail templates are not translated yet in that version. So a workaround for people packageing distributions (like Skolelinux :) can use i18n from 3.5.7 with 3.5.8 and have kmail working and a few less translations (which is not a good solution, but it works)
It it the quotation that is faulty, it ought to be " and ", not « and » (as used in normal Norwegian sentences), the quotation is obviously not meant to be viewed, but parsed. I will upload a fix, expect this to be fixed in the next release. BTW: I found the same fault in KDE4, so i corrected that too.
Thank you, Axel.