Quoting Josh Sled <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> Christian Stimming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>> One question:
>>> #. %s is the name of the weekday
>>> #: ../src/engine/FreqSpec.c:829
>>> #, c-format
>>> msgid "Bi-Weekly, %ss"
>>>
>>> If second 's' is here to use the plural form, could you add a comment
>>> for translators?
>>
>> Oops. @jsled: If this should indeed be the plural form of the weekday,
>
> Does not the translator effect the whole string?  I was thinking that the
> translator would (not) use the trailing-s version depending on if it was
> appropriate for the translation.
>
> I could certainly add more detail in comments; I've started to do that with
> strings I've added recently.

Yes, and yes. Indeed a comment explaining the second 's' would help,  
and this is probably okay.

> FWIW, the FreqSpec code is dead, and will be removed at some point.  At the
> same time, there's basically-equivalent code in Recurrence, now.

In that case a comment could be added that says precisely this.

Christian

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