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List:       kde-i18n-doc
Subject:    Re: kdepim/kmail
From:       Nicolas Goutte <nicolasg () snafu ! de>
Date:       2004-07-22 17:11:02
Message-ID: 200407221910.50905.nicolasg () snafu ! de
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On Wednesday 21 July 2004 16:10, Vedran Ljubović wrote:
> On Tuesday 20 July 2004 20:05, Топлица Танасковић wrote:
(...)
>
> > > P.S. Just checked. I've made a directory with 21 entries and Konqueror
> > > says "One entry" in Bosnian.
> >
> > 	We overcome that problem with:
> > %n stavka\n
> > %n stavke\n
> > %n stavki
>
> So let me get this straight, Nicolas please confirm: Even when the original
> string is something like
>
> One entry\n
> %n entries
>
> translators are free to use %n in singular?

I suppose yes or many languages would have a big problem (for every language 
were the "singular" case is used also for something else that whn %n equals 
1.)

> If that is the case, then it should be emphasized more. Also, it would help
> if KBabels "Copy msgid to msgstr" feature would convert "One entry" to "%n
> entry", cause we already instruct all our translators to first use
> Ctrl+Space to see how a proper translation should look like and IMHO using
> %n in singular is the default as opposed to using "One" instead which is
> pure cosmetics.

That would be a Kabel feature. (Sorry, not my domain...)

Have a nice day!


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