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List:       kde-i18n-doc
Subject:    Re: kdebase/clockapplet
From:       "Erik K. Pedersen" <erik () binghamton ! edu>
Date:       2001-07-16 11:51:28
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On Monday den 16. July 2001 07:30, Jacob Sparre Andersen wrote:
> I have some problems with translating the "fuzzy" times in
> "kdebase/clockapplet" to Faroese. Some examples:
>
> 18:00 = six o'clock      = klokkan seks
> 18:15 = quarter past six = eitt korter til sjey
> 18:30 = half past six    = hálvgum sjey
> 18:45 = quarter to seven = trý korter til sjey
> 19:00 = seven            = klokkan sjey
>
> The relevant messages to translate are:
>
>    msgid "quarter past %0"
>    msgstr "eitt korter til (%0+1)"
>
>    msgid "half past %0"
>    msgstr "hálvgum (%0+1)"
>
> This is not all that elegant. Does "kdebase/clockapplet"
> include a trick, which handles this problem?
>
> Jacob

Yes you translate 
msgid "quarter past %0"
msgstr "eitt korter til (%1)"

and it works

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