From kde-i18n-doc  Thu Feb 13 16:15:47 2003
From: Michal Rudolf <mrudolf () mercury ! ci ! uw ! edu ! pl>
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 16:15:47 +0000
To: kde-i18n-doc
Subject: Re: some feedbacks
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W czwartek, 13 lutego 2003 16:03, Lukáı Tinkl napisa³:

>> 2. and what is
>>
>> "_n: translators: not called for n == 1\n"
>> "Do you really want to delete these %n items"
>>
>> in kio/kfile/kdiroperator.cpp:
>> How can I translate it?
>
>Only as if it were a plural (e.g. not for singular). The number of entries
>will be <your plural forms' count> - 1

The message is incorrect - AFAIK it was discussed before. 
For some languages ending for n=1 is also used for some other forms (f. e. 
21, 101 or 1001). We shouldn't consider English only. 

For this reason it is almost always better to use single message

"_n: Do you really want to delete this item\n"
"Do you really want to delete these %n items"

instead of dividing it into two.

-- 
Micha³ Rudolf