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Re: [PATCH v2] l10n: README: call more attention to plural strings

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Dec 21, 2021, 20:54 UTC
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Josh Steadmon <steadmon@google.com> writes:
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> In po/README.md, we point core developers to gettext's "Preparing
> Strings" documentation for advice on marking strings for translation.
> However, this doc doesn't really discuss the issues around plural form
> translation, which can make it seem that nothing special needs to be
> done in this case.
>
> Add a specific callout here about marking plural-form strings so that
> the advice later on in the README is not overlooked.
>
> Signed-off-by: Josh Steadmon <steadmon@google.com>
> ---
>  po/README.md | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/po/README.md b/po/README.md
> index dcd8436c25..19fabb4acf 100644
> --- a/po/README.md
> +++ b/po/README.md
> @@ -221,6 +221,10 @@ General advice:
>  - Adjust the strings so that they're easy to translate. Most of the
>    advice in `info '(gettext)Preparing Strings'` applies here.
>  
> +- Strings referencing numbers of items may need to be split into singular and
> +  plural forms; see the Q\_() wrapper in the C sub-section below for an
> +  example.
> +
>  - If something is unclear or ambiguous you can use a "TRANSLATORS"
>    comment to tell the translators what to make of it. These will be
>    extracted by xgettext(1) and put in the "po/\*.po" files, e.g. from
>
> base-commit: cd3e606211bb1cf8bc57f7d76bab98cc17a150bc
Looks sensible to me.

I do not mind taking this myself, instead of getting it via our i18n manager, if Jiang is OK with it.

Thanks.
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  1. l10n: README: call more attention to plural stringsJosh Steadmon, Dec 13, 2021
  2. Junio C HamanoDec 13, 2021
  3. Josh SteadmonDec 13, 2021
  4. Junio C HamanoDec 13, 2021
  5. Jiang XinDec 16, 2021
  6. Josh SteadmonDec 21, 2021
  7. l10n: README: call more attention to plural stringsJosh Steadmon, Dec 21, 2021
  8. Junio C HamanoDec 21, 2021
  9. Jiang XinDec 22, 2021

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