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List:       kde-i18n-doc
Subject:    RE: i18n wishlist
From:       Tinkl_Lukáš <Lukas.Tinkl () merlin ! cz>
Date:       2001-01-30 13:58:58
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> Roman Maurer wrote:
> > 
> > Stephan Kulow wrote:
> > >
> > > > There are two problems with that:
> > > >
> > > >  * 3 cannot be directly derived from
> > > >
> > > >         msgid "half past %0"
> > > >
> > > >    where %0=2.
> > > >
> > > you can use "pol %1" where %1=3 and translate three to whatever
> > > you use in times.
> > 
> > I didn't know that %1 is %0+1 in clockapplet.  Thank you!
> > 
> > But there's still a problem, because we say "pol treh" (02:30),
> > but "tri" (03:00).  So we cannot use the same
> > 
> >         #: clock.cpp:678
> >         msgid ""
> >         "_: hour\n"
> >         "three"
> >         msgstr "tri"   (or "treh")
> > 
> > in both cases.  Is this solvable too?
> So you're translating full %0 o'clock differently to half past %0?

Yes, the very same problem arises with Czech language too.
 
> This could be added I guess, but not in adding another 
> translation string,
> but you better talk with Frerich about that.

I've already talked about this with Frerich. We found many more issues like
that which would require a major rewrite od the fuzzy clock :-(

We use something like:
"1:15" -> "ctvrt na dve" 
"1:30" -> "pul druhe"
"1:45" -> "tri ctvrte na dve"
"2:00" -> "dve"

How would one solve that?

Regards,
Lukas Tinkl [lukas@kde.org]

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