Re: [libreoffice-l10n] Plural forms in Pootle

Hi,
I found this link in internet
https://www.cssigniter.com/wordpress-localization-plural-forms-work/, where
I found an example for Greek plurals.

msgid "%s apple"msgid_plural "%s apples"msgstr[0] ""msgstr[1] ""

Which I would go on and translate as:

msgid "%s apple"msgid_plural "%s apples"msgstr[0] "%s μήλο"msgstr[1] "%s μήλα"

Note that the *msgstr[0]* line contains the singular form, and *not the
translation of the words for the case of **%s** being equal to **0*.
*msgstr* is really a zero-based array, and *msgstr[0]* is its first
element. Similarly, *msgstr[1]* is the second element, and does not hold
the string for *%s = 1*. This is due to the *nplurals=2; plural=(n != 1);*
 line.
*nplurals=2; plural=(n != 1);* is a C-syntax expression, and as far as the
Plural Forms are concerned, it’s almost identical to PHP’s expressions. C
variables don’t get a dollar sign in front of them, so you can now start
seeing that the content of that line is just two variables getting assigned
something. Breaking it into two lines and adding some spaces makes it a bit
more clear.

There, I could see that "the *msgstr[0]* line contains the *singular form*,
and *not the translation of the words for the case of **%s** being equal
to **0", so: the translation of the words is right, but not the type: *Μορφή
πληθυντικού του 0. (Plural form 0 or 1) and I don't know where is it taken
from.

In Greek there is only one plural (with different cases) and so the
nplurals=2 is misleading.

Bye.





Στις Τρί, 6 Νοε 2018 στις 11:32 π.μ., ο/η sophi <sophi@libreoffice.org>
έγραψε:

> Hi Baurzhan,
> Le 04/11/2018 à 16:07, Baurzhan Muftakhidinov a écrit :
> > Dear Sophie,
> >
> > Could you please update Kazakh plural forms to "nplurals=1; plural=0" ?
>
> It's already in Pootle, let me know if you meet any issue.
> Cheers
> Sophie
> > Thanks in advance,
> > On Fri, Nov 2, 2018 at 2:23 PM sophi <sophi@libreoffice.org> wrote:
> > > Hi Dmitris,
> > >
> > > Le 02/11/2018 à 08:24, ΔΗΜΗΤΡΗΣ Σ a écrit :
> > > > High,
> > > > in Greek it is displayed as (e.g. STR_SCATTR_PAGE_SCALE_PAGES
> > > > Τοποθεσίες: sc/inc/globstr.hrc:317 Μονάδα #159066571
> > > > <
> https://translations.documentfoundation.org/el/libo_ui/translate/sc/messages.po#unit=159066571
> > > > )
> > > > English
> > > > Μορφή πληθυντικού του 0
> > > > One page
> > > > Μορφή πληθυντικού του 1
> > > > %1 pages
> > > >
> > > > in English and the relevant in Greek
> > > > which is
> > > > Plural form 0
> > > > One page
> > > > and Plural form 1
> > > > %1 pages
> > > >
> > > > and is probably wrong
> > > > and the translation of English in Greek (for the English part is
> wrong).
> > > > Plurals form for Greek is nplurals=2; plural=(n != 1);
> > > > and in Plural rules it is only for some kind feminine.
> > >
> > > Thanks for your feedback. I'll check and correct the plural form if it's
> > > different, otherwise, I'll come back to you.
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > > Sophie
> > >
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