From kde-i18n-doc  Fri Apr 06 08:16:27 2001
From: Michael =?iso-8859-1?q?H=E4ckel?= <Michael () Haeckel ! Net>
Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 08:16:27 +0000
To: kde-i18n-doc
Subject: Re: plural handling again
X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-i18n-doc&m=98654526416726

Hi,

I just started to use that in KMail.

However it seems now to be necessary to split all strings that contain mo=
re=20
than one number into several parts.

For example instead of:

i18n("%1 message, %2 unread.")
  .arg(mFolder->count()).arg(mFolder->countUnread())

I now have to write:

i18n("%1 message, ", "%1 messages, ", mFolder->count())
  .arg(mFolder->count()) +
i18n("%1 unread.", "%1 unread.", mFolder->countUnread())
  .arg(mFolder->countUnread());

Similar for:
Search cancelled, %1 matches so far (%3 messages processed)

That means, it is no longer up to the translator to switch the order of t=
he=20
words. Also the context could be unclear.
Is this acceptable or is there a way around?

Regards,
Michael H=E4ckel