Andre Klapper explained it well. In short, if your plural noun is
quantified using a variable (e.g %d) then please use plural forms.
Djihed
On Jan 6, 2008 4:06 PM, Benoît Dejean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Le dimanche 06 janvier 2008 à 15:22 +0100, Andre Klapper a écrit :
> > Am Sonntag, den 06.01.2008, 15:05 +0100 schrieb Benoît Dejean:
> > > Le dimanche 06 janvier 2008 à 13:15 +0100, Andre Klapper a écrit :
> > > > #: ../src/load-graph.cpp:207
> > > > msgid "%u seconds"
> > > > this one definitely needs ngettext support, it is not possible to
> > > > translate this correctly to many languages.
> > >
> > > Even if it's always plural and like 10/30/60/120 seconds ?
> >
> > in English, a noun differs only in its singular and plural forms. that
> > does not work for a lot of languages, so yes, please use ngettext.
>
> I know, but i don't get it.
> If i read you correctly, we should then use ngettext on every string
> with a plural.
>
> > > > #: ../src/interface.cpp:414 ../src/interface.cpp:471
> > > > msgid "("
> > > > #: ../src/interface.cpp:417 ../src/interface.cpp:474
> > > > msgid ")"
> > > > what is that?!
> > >
> > > Karl ? :)
>
> I've fixed this one.
>
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