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List:       kde-i18n-doc
Subject:    Re: plural handling again
From:       Stephan Kulow <coolo () kde ! org>
Date:       2001-04-03 8:37:20
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"Erik K. Pedersen" wrote:
> 
> I am not sure I understand this, but let me try
> 
> Mandag 02 April 2001 20:31 skrev Stephan Kulow:
>  #: kdecore/klocale.cpp:407
>  msgid ""
>  "_: Definition of PluralForm\n"
>  "Look at klocale.cpp for now"
>  msgstr""
>  "TwoForms"
> 
> #: kdecore/klocale.cpp:1314
> #, c-format
> msgid ""
> "_n: %n directory\n"
> "%n directories"
> msgstr ""
> "%n mappe\n"
> "%n mapper"
> 
> #: kdecore/klocale.cpp:1315
> #, c-format
> msgid ""
> "_n: %n file\n"
> "%n files"
> msgstr ""
> "%n fil\n"
> "%n filer"
> 
> Does that look reasonable? I suppose the languages with many plurals must
> decide on an ordering of the forms.
> 
Yes, this is the way you would fill it for German too (besides the words
:).
You're right, that the order matters. There is a formula for every
language
which determines the order and I posted them yesterday.

Greetings, Stephan

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