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List:       kde-i18n-doc
Subject:    Changing the number of plural forms
From:       "Yuri Chornoivan" <yurchor () ukr ! net>
Date:       2010-06-11 19:39:11
Message-ID: op.vd5h7lkhl2zvei () localhost ! localdomain
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Hi!

The current number of plural forms in Ukrainian leads to very ugly  
translations of the following type of messages:

msgid ""
"The following package has not been verified by its author. Downloading "
"untrusted packages has been disallowed by your current configuration."
msgid_plural ""
"The following packages have not been verified by their authors.  
Downloading "
"untrusted packages has been disallowed by your current configuration."

The reason is that the plural formula

nplurals=3; plural=(n%10==1 && n%100!=11 ? 0 : n%10>=2 && n%10<=4 &&  
(n%100<10 || n%100>=20) ? 1 : 2);\n

gives plurals (21, 31, 41...) for the first (singular) form in English.

Is there any way to change the plural formula to

nplurals=4; plural=n==1 ? 3 : n%10==1 && n%100!=11 ? 0 : n%10>=2 &&  
n%10<=4 && (n%100<10 || n%100>=20) ? 1 : 2;

like in Serbian?

Thanks for your advices.

Yuri
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