From kde-i18n-doc  Sun Apr 08 21:19:13 2001
From: Michael =?iso-8859-1?q?H=E4ckel?= <Michael () Haeckel ! Net>
Date: Sun, 08 Apr 2001 21:19:13 +0000
To: kde-i18n-doc
Subject: Re: plural handling again
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On Saturday,  7. April 2001 08:47, Stephan Kulow wrote:
>
> No, you use %n!

Ahh, thanks, that saves the ".arg()".

> > 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
> > the words. Also the context could be unclear.
> > Is this acceptable or is there a way around?
>
> There is no way around it unfortunatly. I thought forth and back, but
> there
> is no way to pick a plural form for _two_ numbers, so you have to split
> it
> somewhere.

Well, it's now done as suggested by Erik. At least the order of the whole=
=20
sentence is still up to the translator that way although the context is n=
ot=20
present.

Regards,
Michael H=E4ckel