Bruno Haible wrote: > I can reduce the number of plural forms to 2, by choosing for the > "singular" the one with n = 1 and for "plural" the one which is chosen > most often for n -> ∞.
I dare you to that for Serbian :-) . IIRC, there is 2-5 one form, and 6-9 another :-D . Honestly, it seems less intuitive this way, maybe just add the form that would apply for n=2 > "Previous msgids" will be a new feature in gettext 0.15.1. Quoting the > NEWS file: > > "msgmerge has a new option --previous that has the effect of saving the > previous msgid of message when making them fuzzy. These previous msgids are > stored in the resulting PO file, using a pseudo-comment syntax like this: excellent! > #, fuzzy > #| msgid "too many arguments" > msgid "too few arguments" > msgstr "trop d'arguments" > > The translator then only needs to compare the previous and the current > msgid ("too many arguments" and "too few arguments"), and infer which > parts of the translation she needs to change." > > In our example, > > msgid "Hello, world!" > msgid[ru] "Здравствуй, мир!" > msgstr "Chào thế giới !" > > can become > > #, fuzzy > #| msgid "Hello, world!" > msgid "Hello, the entire world!" > msgid[ru] "Здравствуй, мир!" > msgstr "Chào thế giới !" > > or > > #, fuzzy > #| msgid[ru] "Здравствуй, мир!" > msgid "Hello, world!" > msgid[ru] "Здравствулте, мир!" > msgstr "Chào thế giới !" Why not keep both previous msgids? -- Regards, EddyP ============================================= "Imagination is more important than knowledge" A.Einstein ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Translate-pootle mailing list Translate-pootle@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/translate-pootle