+1 Would solve many problems in the Hebrew locale as well
On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 11:28, Xavier Borderie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey Nikolay and crew, > > I just did a POT update, which brougth a set new strings: > Published <span class=\"count\">(%s)</span> > Scheduled <span class=\"count\">(%s)</span> > Drafts</a> <span class=\"count\">(%s)</span> > ...ans some others. > > These strings, as it is the usage now in WP, are correctly tagged for > plural forms, and that's truly great: we get the tabs in poEdit :) > > But in my language's case, and I guess also in other languages, it > would be nice to see them further tagged for feminine form also, in > some way. > > See, for instance, > Published <span class=\"count\">(%s)</span> > ...would be translated in French as > Publié <span class=\"count\">(%s)</span> > ...and the plural form > Publiés <span class=\"count\">(%s)</span> > > But the thing is, the Published line, as many other, is used without > distinction on post and pages. Likewise, some strings apply without > distinction to tags, categories, etc. > You see were I'm going. In french, Post is Article (masculine), Page > is Page (feminine), Comment is Commentaire (masculine), Category is > Catégorie (feminine), Tag is Mot-Clef (masculine), Custom Field is > Champs Personnalisé (masculine). > > That means for instance that, for now, a Page is "publié" instead of > the feminine "publiée", and so on. > > I'd like to request for a change in the way some strings are marked: > adding a contextual comment: > For instance: > Published <span class=\"count\">(%s)</span>|Article > Published <span class=\"count\">(%s)</span>|Page > This way, we could have a clear distinction between the various items, > and translate each accordingly. > > I know it won't solve all "masculine/feminine/neutral/xxx" issues for > all languages (I think Czech has 4 forms...), but that would be a very > cool first step. > > Additionnaly, since I feel it is a small change to the internal code, > it could probably go into 2.7 :D > > -- > Xavier Borderie > _______________________________________________ > wp-polyglots mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-polyglots > -- -- RYH♡, ranh.co.il
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