From kde-i18n-doc  Mon Dec 13 11:17:23 1999
From: Stephan Kulow <coolo () kde ! org>
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 11:17:23 +0000
To: kde-i18n-doc
Subject: Re: problem in kdelibs.po
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Andrea Rizzi wrote:
> 
> Hi
> in kdelibs.po I have to translate:
> msgid "Do you really want to delete the %1 \"%2\" ? "
> I see the Qt code that use this string
> dialog/qfiledialog.cpp and %1 is the type of the "filename"
> %2. Where type maybe directory,file or symlink.
> In italy we use different article for these 3 words:
> 
> the directory is LA directory
> the file is IL file
> the symlink is IL symlink.
> 
> So I cannot translate this string where "the" is typeindipendent.
> 
> P.S.
> I think other languages may have the same problem.
> 
Yes, german for example too. I would translate it this very
problem with "to delete the object \"%2\"?" maybe adding 
"of type %1". 

I forwarded this mail to kde-core-devel as this is a 
code problem.

Greetings, Stephan

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