On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 10:23 AM, Jari Rahkonen <jari.rahko...@pp1.inet.fi> wrote: > On 17.02.2010 00:53, Nick Schermer wrote: >> On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 8:17 PM, Jari Rahkonen >> <jari.rahko...@pp1.inet.fi> wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> There's a string that cannot be translated to Finnish and probably other >>> languages: >>> >>> #: ../plugins/clock/clock-fuzzy.c:90 >>> #, c-format >>> msgid "half past %s" >>> >>> The proper way to say "half past five" in Finnish is "puoli kuusi", >>> which translates literally to "half six". Can you think of a way to make >>> this work? >> >> Yes I think i can make this work with a custom c-format, where you can >> choose between %0 (hour name) and %1 (hour+1 name). The english >> version would be "half past %0" yours "half %1". Will fix that >> tomorrow. >> >> Nick > > Thanks. Seems like a great solution.
Ok fixed. There is also a singular version (with the "one" msgctxt) for the strings, some languages require this (Spanish for example). Other languages should just copy the strings if there is no difference. Nick _______________________________________________ Xfce-i18n mailing list Xfce-i18n@xfce.org http://foo-projects.org/mailman/listinfo/xfce-i18n
