Re: Untranslatable string in help.def

[Chet Ramey]

On 9/15/19 12:50 PM, Roland Illig wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> in help.def, the code reads:
> 
>   if (glob_pattern_p (list->word->word))
>     {
>       printf ("%s", ngettext ("Shell commands matching keyword `",
> "Shell commands matching keywords `", (list->next ? 2 : 1)));
>       print_word_list (list, ", ");
>       printf ("'\n\n");
>     }
> 
> The strings for translations should always be a complete sentence since
> in some languages the word order can differ.

It's difficult to provide a translation for a string whose contents are
determined at runtime based on user input. That's why we're using
ngettext here, so we can try to get the appropriate plural form. I can
certainly change the single quote to be translatable, so that might
provide the desired flexibility.

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