Re: [Monotone-devel] resend : i18n

[Zbynek Winkler]

Nathaniel Smith wrote:

> On Sat, Aug 20, 2005 at 11:06:15AM -0700, Nathaniel Smith wrote:
>  
>
> > It seems clear that F() is not actually the optimal marker for
> > i18nable text; in particular, it's sometimes used to do things like
> > build SQL strings... (though these could use boost::format directly, I
> > suppose...)
> >    
> Right, after fighting with gettext for a bit, I changed my mind.
>
> Current policy (the best one I could come up with):
>  F() marks strings that should be translated
> For strings that should be translated and involve plurals, use:
>  FP("%i doorbell", "%i doorbells", count) % count
>  
This does not work for some languages. For example in czech we have
1 "zvonek"
2, 3 and 4 "zvonky"
5 and more "zvonků"

Zbynek

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